YOUTH SHOULD PROTEST But How? - John A Halford - July-August 1985

John A Halford

Recently I got a letter from a reader who disagreed with something I had written about modern music in The Plain Truth. He wrote: "I would like to take exception to your implicit condemnation of the sociological phenomenon referred to as 'punk rock.' You equated it with ... child abuse ... and the decline of marriage stability, gang violence, drug abuse, and suicide." It is true that's what I said-and that's what I meant. I did indeed see today's outrageous music styles as yet another symptom of the decay of Western morality. The writer went on, "In fact, the punk movement is a protest [emphasis mine] about the decline of Western values rather than another symptom." He had my attention. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library