I'd like to share a story not so unparallel to the idmlist's as one
might first think:
people on the punk newsgroups (which, somewhat begrudgingly, I will admit
to reading in my younger days) have, FOR YEARS, been arguing about what is
and isn't punk....and punk rock isn't even happening anymore! Does anyone
really want to be sitting around 10 years from now after IDM is no longer
the hot new thing (just as punk once was, albeit with less established
foundations) arguing about what is and isn't IDM? The people who argue
now about whether or not some band is punk were most likely not in the UK
or the USA in 1976 or 1977, yet they show the greatest of unjustifiable
fervors when it comes to what's punk and what's not. Do you want to know
why? Because they've seen it going on in the newsgroups since day one.
So, if we can avoid setting a precedent of allowing pointless arguments,
maybe we might be able to prove ourselves slightly more civilized than all
those crusty punks.
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