Oh dear - Getting a little bit heated and political. Remember you are lutenists - You should be above all this and setting a good example.
My teacher, the late, great Diana Poulton wrote of the lute: "The grace of its appearance, the quiet beauty of its sound and the intellectual depth of its music seemed to offer an experience in complete contrast to the ever increasing materialism of present day society with the greed, noise and violence which surrounds us on all sides." -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
