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we read all of the comments and messages people send us, and even try to respond to most (sometimes it takes a while, and we are always catching up!!), but every once in a while we get a message from someone that is so fucking cool we have to repost it here on our page. we got this one recently from a person who obviously understands what we are trying to get across with our music.

Since you guys like to put up so many goddamn bulletins, I've read a few, and I must say...it's very fucking pleasing to know that there are still punk bands that are angry about the state of things in this great(?) country.

So, from myself - a general nobody...for now - to you, I'd like to thank you guys for sticking with something when it's so easy for things to be changed by money.

You guys are proof, and inspiration for likeminded people that we're not islands of resistance in this country, and that we are a united front for progressive change.

Public opinion, as you probably know, turned against the war some time ago, and you guys are helping to cultivate that turn and reinforcing the validity of it. So thanks again.

As an activist, an anarchist, a humanist, a Northeast Liberal Elitist...it's always a pleasure to find support for a similar cause in any form. From veterans groups, to firefighters, to student groups, to punk rock bands.

In the United States, we are many things. We also are stereotyped as lacking intellectual fortitude, but one thing America has never lacked is musical talent. Advocating progressive reforms through music is one of the greatest utilizations of that art ever attempted.

We are addicted to music in this country, and, for those who make music, to add a message to it is one of the most honest, direct, and noble things one could do with their own unique manipulation of sound. As activists against this war, this president, this government, we are all united. Through all of your bulletins, your commitment to change is reinforced each time. From Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to Dr. Greg Gaffin, and even before that...there have always been people working, struggling, striving against the status quo to deliver an improved standard of happiness, equality and liberty to generations of Americans.

Sometimes our acts are small, like spraypainting "BUSH" under the letters in a STOP sign, sometimes they're headline news - like free concerts in downton L.A. during the 1999 Democratic National Convention (R.I.P. RATM), but they're all equally important in the continued fight of the people to protect their liberty.

So, thanks for your past and continued efforts, the support you provide by taking a stance and making it public which in essence one of many acts that forms the backbone to resistance.

Keep fighting, keep making music, keep resisting, and come out to the fucking East Coast sometime.

Peace

Derek,
NY