... my illusions have been shattered by this Mudcatter... Illusions are no help to living rationally, and the purpose of Mudcat is not to reinforce them. So when someone says this sort of thing, it sounds rather more like trolling than like real interest in discussion.

Is carrying concealed, loaded guns typical of the people who frequent Mudcat? The vast majority of people who carry a concealed weapon are unlikely to want to advertise it gratuitously. So again, this looks more like trolling than like real interest in discussion.

Being a folkie and/or a Mudcatter is no guarantee what anyone is like!!! We are each responsible for exercising judgment about with whom to associate, and under what circumstances.

~S~