[Dixielandjazz] It's about time

[Jim Denham]

In message <000001c22dd4$96aa6020$742cfc3e@yourcyfkdpcoe0>, John Farrell 
<stridepiano@tesco.net> writes
>Brian Harvey is cross with me :
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>"Time methinks for the moderators of this organisation to start banning
>anyone who 'flames' in this forum or who brings unwanted politics -
>Thatcher - Argentina etc - to the party."
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>I do not regret nor do I withdraw one word of what I said. Argentina is a
>nation rich in OKOM and top-flight jazz musicians, I deeply admire and
>respect them for that reason. Naturally I am concerned if anything or anyone
>causes damage to those people.
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>Inevitably my posting has been misconstrued by some listmates (one even
>accused me of being a raving socialist!!) and supported by others. On this
>list we do not live by OKOM alone, for instance recently we heard of Marines
>being blown to pieces and the author of that piece escaped a
>knuckle-rapping, but for some reason the heavens fall when I mention
>Thatcher.
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>Much as I enjoy the list I might resign and go to live in the real world.
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>John Farrell
>stridepiano@tesco.net
>http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm
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Jazz people tend to have strong views on wider, political, issues. They have
the right to air those views. And to air them on this list, within reason;
obviously, this shouldn't become a political forum. I'd much rather be
sectarian about Turk Murphy and West Coast revivalism than about Dubbya or New
Labour- though I'm quite willing to enter a dispute about any of them.

As Chairman Mao said, "Let a thousand flowers blossom". And as Mezz Mezzrow
said  "yeah, man!".
Jim Denham