"why does the fact that MacColl is dead make it especially heinous?"
The "kicking" of anybody's corpse, long dead or otherwise, is a somewhat depraved act.
Constantly re-assessing or disputing their contribution to society is another matter altogether
I have been trying a long time now to det a discussion going on MacColl's work and his ideas because I believe them to be relevant to the survival of folk song - I don't care what people think of MacColl as n individual - I have my own memories for that
Each time the sunject comes up it degenerates into a slagging-match on topics that have no relevance whatever to his work and usually not to folk song
If you don't believe that, go open some of the listed threads above.
I used to believe this was a simple act of spite by people Ewan had upset one way or another - now I have come to the com=conclusion that it is a deliberate 'spoiler' technique to make sure his work is never discussed rationally - if this is not deliberate, that has been the effect
MacColl isn't the only subject to have been dealt with in this manner - go look up anything on 'Definition of folk song' - the same happens; slanging matches rather than rational discussion.
"Because he was Carroll's mate"
Thank you for making my point for me P
You really couldn't have timed it better from my point of view
Unless the folk movement grows away from this adolescent nastiness I fear all the work that has been done will be leftt for future generations to sort out - if it survives)
I hate to think how they will regard our behaviour
"yet you are happy to kick Kennedys corpse"
I refer only to what Kennedy did and what many people know him to have done
I say nothing now that I didn't say to his face on the few occasions that I met him - perhaps if others had defied his threats of legal action, it would not be necessary to deal with it now
Jim Carroll