The Freak Show

Listening on my shuffle the new live from Pendragon concerto maximo, I shut it down on this song. The album Pure will have it's own post for it is a very good album indeed.
This note is mostly motivated by a small overview of the John Byrne Forum, urging me to write as I said before about the dedicated forum of an artist.

Now you see where I'm getting at....

Officials forums and fan clubs forums are great to find fans, get up to date news, insights or even interact with their favorite creator.
Sure they are great for that.

Sadly in most of the dedicated-to-a-group-(or artist)-fan-forums, there is a golden rule.

The artist IS GOD.

Point.

Even if the artist is a nice person without an inch of surpersized ego, he IS GOD and his Word shall maketh Law.

Just to remember the name " Fan" do come from "Fanatic", a word rarely used in a good way, especially when it comes to religion. And when it comes to art and artists, man sometimes it sure gets religious on your a$$.
The artist becomes God, its work is almost always flawless, everyone daring to criticize even a little is almost always banned or burned alive; whatever is the most handy.
It's amazing how people when they are together brings the worst of themselves, hell it looks like army camp all over again, please leave your brain and your thinking matter outside, you'll have no need in here, we'll think for you.

Of course, the human being human, the more people starts defending a point of view without real criticism, the more the opponent starts bashing more and more the point of view in question.
So quickly, the flame war rages on the forum between the moudjahidine and the infidels.

It is amusing to see these persons barking at each other throat as if they really gonna make the other person change his mind.

In almost all the dedicated forums I saw, you have to face that kind of people, of Fans. And boy does it scare me to see so much lack of open mindess.

That is why I rather very much go to general forum. There you'll find people from different walk of life and most of the time with more open mindness than the one who could come across on the dedicated ones.
And you could criticize, argue, debate and even starts a flame war but most of the times, it is way much more open and in the end, that is better for them, you and the wonderful act of debating and exchanging point of views.

And if you want to see the Freak Show going on....