All rights reserved. Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form without written permission. I often get involved in discussions, or just monologues, about these differences and about the dynamics of change. Those who know me will confirm that I can get quite critical and provocative, including about my own people. I have learned a lot from these discussions, but I have also firmly entrenched a few opinions in the meantime.
Space is too limited here for an in-depth analysis, so here is just some food for thought.
I, for one, do listen to such music, but this is a personal, not a political preference. Nor am I saying that I want pide and saz all the time. Even though I wrote these last disclaimers, some readers might misunderstand me, but I am taking this risk.