Back to the dicussion
It seems some people think it fine to sing racist songs as long as we sing it in the privacy of our own clubs and only sing to the minority who tolerate that sort of thing - what a strange outlook on our folk scene - a place where we can sing whatever we please as long as our aim is to keep it W.A.S.P.
The scene I belonged to was one constantly looking for new people, particularly from the immediate areas
Mine were in the cities, Liverpool, Manchester, London - multicultural conurbations, all of which could be massivly improved by an intake of some of the Muslim or West Indian or Irish or Greek People living in the immediate areas
That was going to happen by singing songs uning archaic racist terms - I don't think
I find some of the arguments being put forward her as offensive as that to the lurking troll who occasionally bursts in with his (I presume it is male) accusations that British society has become unfair because he can no longer talk about "nig-nogs" or "Yids" or "towel heads"
Perhaps some people here need to bell the cat and state exactly what they believe what should be acceptable
Personally I would err on the side of caution - I go along with Starship's last postings - pretend your club is half full of the people this language is aimed at (can't wait till the next lot come to dinner - none of us know when that's going to be)
Jim