Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

There's certainly no rule here that says you have to find me interesting, but there are rules that say you should remain civil. And that's all I'm asking.

I'm aware that some people believe I'm being "passive aggressive" or "patronising". Leastways that's what they say. As I've said, it's certainly not my intention, and for that reason I make no apologies (though I do think it's rather regrettable). I could speculate on why some people view me in that way, but doubt it would be particularly productive.


Stray and I have had our disagreements, but I completely respect him as someone who argues from a position of good faith and who places a higher priority on honest discussion than he does on cheap point-scoring. I've certainly not seen him being downright nasty (though I do spend very little time on the other boards on this site, so maybe I'm missing something).

As for Tonestone; he's a fairly irregular visitor to U-Know these days. Someone did draw my attention to a thread in which he made some pretty vicious remarks and had I been posting here at the time, I can assure you I would have responded to him exactly as I respond to anyone who says those kinds of things.


Well clearly you don't. I have nothing against American people. As with a lot of us Irish, a branch of my family are New Yorkers, I have quite a few American friends and I've lived in different parts of the USA for varying periods of time. There's much about America that I have a problem with, and there's much about America that I adore (and I can say the same thing about most places I've lived). However, I think it speaks volumes that the other Americans on this site don't complain about a massive anti-American bias.


Few of us truly are. We can but try to escape what Leary called our "robotization". And it's the struggle of a lifetime.


Ah, the last word in an online discussion... such a rare and precious commodity. Let me use it wisely...

How about...

aubergine!