To clarify: the accusation of trolling came not from the posting of the article itself, but from the "
ha ha look at the fanboys' responses *pointing finger*" reaction, with no comment on the article at all. That was, imo, an unhelpful thing to post, taking the focus away from the subject matter, (which is the reason for posting the article in the first place, it seems,) and veering in the direction of personal attack instead of musical debate. I thought I said that earlier
Yes, it is important to have musical debate here. It is important for people to examine why it is they like or dislike a particular track or a particular album if they want to. It is also important to remember that nobody is obliged to, and everyone is entitled to an opinion. And, while intellectualism has its place, discussions on the relative merits of intellectualism vs anti-intellectualism would be better suited to the world forum than to the music sections.
The wonderful thing about Dirty is that it unites people from all ages, backgrounds, creeds, colours, walks of life and occupations. Some are intellectual, some are not, some are anti-intellectual. Some express themselves marvellously eloquently, others don't. But we all like the music otherwise we wouldn't be here and that is the cement of the forum. There is no such thing as "too thick to like Underworld" to the best of my knowledge
