I apologize for my previous comment being rather terse. I should have taken the time to write a more reasoned reply.

I was responding to this:

> I don't want to put words in your mouth, but are you saying you think we should go back to the way musicians used to be treated in the past?

> That's a rather reactionary position.

That was just the start...

> Historically, women in most societies were treated very poorly...

> Slavery was the norm in many societies for thousands of years...

And these had what to do with the original comment?

Then the coup de grâce:

> If you want to argue that...

This is the very definition of putting words in someone's mouth!

And it's not a nice thing to do.