I agree kat, you, Max, and a number of others here are communicating in a dishonest, disingenuous, dysfunctional way. Which is your style, as well as your level of awareness.

It is the "long-suffering members" playing the victim card, not the other way around. And Max's "open letter" is a prime example of it. It was a sympathy ploy, aimed at the #1 member hot button on Mudcat. And predictably, on board climbed all the usual suspects, saying "oh, poor, pitiful Max--sure we're behind you, get rid of the guests."

Susan--there is more than just the Mudcat version of history. Folk music is one way of challenging official histories, like the official history of what happened to Bruce Olson here.

There are those of us who actually witnessed that history as it was being made, and we damn well know better. But certain Mudcat members will keep suppressing that history, to keep newcomers from finding out where the bodies are buried, who murdered them, and how it was done.