Before being so quick to condemn, please consider the unique status of William Shatner among modern cultural icons. No man has boldly gone so far into the heart of Western popular culture bearing so little talent. Read between the lines. The Shatner threads aren't just about the man. They're about the cultural phenomenon of hero worship - whether the hero is deserving of the status or not. And if heroes, real or imagined, genuine or fraudulent, are not the provenance of folk music then we need to eliminate about half the songs in the DT.