Bert

You hate to see Peggy Seeger booked in the same series in which 'lesser acts' are also listed????

I'm sorry, that isn't principle, its conceit and pretentiousness. Peggy Seeger is just a musician, neither royalty or a holy messenger . I might love her stuff, but lets not get her a white donkey and start lining her way with palm leafs just yet.

That said, lets get down to specifics. Precisely what 'lesser acts' have soiled her majesty's honor by their presence in the same concert series, and why isn't 'just not going to see them' sufficient to prevent these acts from appearing in the future?

And finally, there is a fundamental thesis that the genius of a free society lies in the fact that it affords the opportunity for an individual acting alone or with a group of like minded individuals to create for themselves that which they believe represents the highest good.

But, what I am hearing sounds more like frustration over the fact that others aren't creating that higher good, and a desire to prevent them from creating their own version of what they think is right.

Again I cite the fable of the little Red Hen. The hen says, "who will help me grow the wheat, grind the flour, knead the dough, or bake the loaf. Not I says everyone. But when she asks who'll help her eat the bread they all line up at the door saying I will. In the story she tells them all to take a hike. But I'd wager that had she let them all have a slice, a lot of them wouldn't have said thank you. Instead they'd have complained that the bread was too dry, or had too much salt, or not enough yeast, or that their slice didn't have enough butter. They'd have commented that 'had they done the job it would have turned out better', and I'm sure all of them would have had some lame arguement about just being concerned about preserving the high standards of breadmaking.

And this time the moral would be, to quote you Bert: People complain just because they can.

Bah!