When I first logged on to the Mudcat Cafe, I thought I had found "a magazine dedicated to blues and folk music". An awful lot of those posting to the discussion group seem to have missed this. I realise that there is a "BS" prefix to flag up that the topic may be a side issue, but I would have expectd them to be, at least in some way, music related.

Recent topics have included the plainly abusive (re Margaret Thatcher) which some imagine may pass for political satire;
Serious social concerns (re Catholic priests);
and purile discusions about ruins on Mars.

If peolpe want to chat about items unrelated to music then why don't they join or start up specialist, politacal, social, UFO or whatever websites and leave Mudcat to those who enjoy music.