Old Punks Young Punks

[Riverkilt]

Having worked in and volunteered in prisons for over seven years I still have trouble thinking of the word punk as applying to anything other than what it means behind bars. (if you're confused you can look it up yourself)

As a youth, I was much more sneaky, hid behind the norm and came out for raids and sabotage rather than openly wearing the uniform of a troublemaker...so the question doesn't apply to me...I don't think.

I can say that it still amazes me how many compliments I get on my kilts from young men affecting the punk look (in non-prison terms).

And, I've even had one youngster, openly smoking pot at a highland games while wearing his black Utilikilt workman's, snub me when I went up to him in my black Utilikilt workman's and said something like hey, we're wearing the same kilt.

Guess it ruined his day, trying to be so defiant and here's an olde fat man wearing his same defiant looking kilt...

Trust me, they NEED to find a better word to describe their look/movement/culture than punk....

Ron