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Sorry for the double post, but I ran out of edit time.

As for message being the only thing of value in punk, what about FUN? I love dancing my ass off to some skapunk, or stuff like the Dreadnoughts or the Beer Barons (don't even really know what they play).

My guess is that you feel the way you do because you are only aware of the "radio punk" or "popular" stuff? Try going out to your local scene and giving the real new blood of punk a fair chance. You may have already done that of course, but as a lot of people I know that are aware of the new "punk music", that weren't even aware that there was something like 40 punk bands living within an hours drive, I think it's a fair suggestion.