| A REASON TO THE HATE |
| IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HAPPENED TO LOOK AT THE GUESTBOOK LATELY, YOU'LL HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DISAGREE WITH US AND WHAT WE THINK ABOUT AVRIL. WE HAVE OUR REASONS ON NOT LIKING HER. AND TO US, BEING PUNK IS ABOUT EXPRESSING YOUR IDEAS, NOT ABOUT GOING OUT AND GETTING DRUNK OR GETTING STONED AND JUST FORGETTING ABOUT THINGS. PUNK HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE GENRE AND THE CULTURE THAT THE FOLLOWERS WOULD OPEN UP THEIR MOUTHS AND CAUSE SOME CHAOS...AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO DO! |
| TO BE PUNK: TO ME, IT MEANS TO BE OUTSPOKEN, SPONTANEOUS, DIFFERENT, AND UNCARING OF OTHERS THOUGHTS. IT'S ABOUT SAYING THE THINGS THAT YOU FEEL ABOUT THE THINGS THAT PISS YOU OFF, LIKE THE GOVERNMENT, OR FAMILY, OR RELIGION, OR LIFE, OR THE WORLD, OR MUSIC, OR TELEVISION, OR THE MEDIA, OR FOR PETE'S SAKE, PEACHES. IT'S JUST ABOUT SINGING LOUD AND SINGING PROUD. THEREFORE: BY KEEPING MY IDEAS OF THE POSER AVRIL LAVIGNE QUIET, IT'S MAKING ME JUST AS MUCH OF A POSER AS SHE WILL NEVER CLAIM TO BE. |
| WHY I DISLIKE HER: THE MAIN THING THAT IS SO DAMN WRONG WITH AVRIL IS THAT SHE MERELY DRESSES PUNK. SHE CREATES POP MUSIC. SINCE WHEN DO PUNK DO POP MUSIC?!?!?!? SHE'S A POSER OF THE CULTURE. PLUS SHE IS CONTINUOUSLY CONTRADICTING HERSELF. YOU'VE NEVER HEARD, AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL HEAR, AVRIL TALKING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT, OR OPPRESSION, OR AMERICA'S SLUM, OR POVERTY, OR THE STATE OF THE WORLD, OR THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD, OR ANYTHING ELSE CONTRAVERSIAL...AND NO, I DON'T MEAN SOME EMINEM SHIT. SHE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T DO HER OWN THING, AND SHE OBVIOUSLY ISN'T A PUNKER CHICK...SHE'S DOING IT BECAUSE HER RECORD COMPANY IS FORCING HER TO LOOK DIFFERENT FROM ALL OF THE BRITNEY'S OUT THERE SO THAT SHE CAN SELL A RECORD OR TWO. SHE HAS NO THOUGHT PROCESS OF HER OWN. SHE KNOWS NO BETTER. ITS' SAD REALLY. |
| -JESSICA [email protected] |