Ballads

Subject: Folklore: Ballads
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 28 May 19 - 08:51 AM

I have just refreshed an old thread on Ballads in order that we may continue discussion on one of the most aspects of traditional song
The thread has apparently been deleted
If we are not going to be allowed to discuss subjects such as this because they are contentious I think we need to know
Jim Carroll

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Jim, you refreshed it after 10 days of silence. If you'd said something, your message wouldn't have been deleted. I don't see "you other people talk about this" as a valid reason for refresh.

And you didn't say anything in your opening post to THIS thread. I don't know whether to count it as a blank post and delete it, or hope somebody else bites. --Mod

Subject: RE: Folklore: Ballads
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 28 May 19 - 09:07 AM

I opened it for the reason I said - to continue the discussion - a valid reason, I thought.
Maybe I should have made my reasons clear in the first place - my apologies for not doing so
Perhaps it is best to try to start again with a clean slate
Jim

Subject: RE: Folklore: Ballads
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 May 19 - 09:19 AM

OK, Jim, here's how it is: you seem to have dementia or some sort of psychological problem that does not allow you to participate in a discussion without turning it into combat. You know lots of good stuff about music, and yet you seem to turn every discussion into a discussion of yourself and how you are offended. Most of us here, don't give a rat's ass HOW offended you are and who offended you. We want to talk about music, not about Jim Carroll.
You posted two messages in this so-called ballad thread, and neither one has anything to do with music. That is unacceptable. If you can't carry on a discussion here without getting in a fight, then YOU are unacceptable.
I'm going to close this thread, and I don't want to see any more discussion about thread closure. And particularly from you, Jim, I don't want to see any discussion about anything but the actual topic of the thread.
You are a consistent troublemaker here, and have been for years. We simply cannot allow you to continue doing that, no matter what the source of your problem is. If all you want to do is fight, go somewhere else - but stop clogging Mudcat with your ridiculously petty squabbles. From now on, when you are at Mudcat you are expected to be on what your mother would call "your best behavior." I shouldn't have to treat you like a child; but most often when you're here, you act like a child. Stop it.
Thank you.
Joe Offer, Mudcat Music Editor

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