So you did answer me. I guess I got a little anxious. I was wrong. So you've developed a correspondence section. Great idea. There are tons of narcissists out there that will be spewing rhetoric, like myself.
  Let me respond to your response now.
  I was asking you to show both sides of the spectrum. Not just a whole mag dedicated to anti-racists.
  Speaking of which, what the hell does that mean exactly? It seems to me that it is just another P.C. banner for the sheep to fly.
  In issue #7 you have the Templars talking about how they are getting backlash for playing a Skrewdriver song. They have a black guy in that band and still, people are so dumb. Doesn't that say something about our scene? I am personally in contact with lots of punks and skins throughout the nation. I hear all angles and opinions. I am aware of the rock star stance that the Dropkick Murphys have taken along with several other bands in the current oi scene. Hell, you guys probably think that you are rock stars. I mean, you talk to Lars long enough and you might wind up being a tree fuckin' hippy. I appreciate that you really believe you were a skin, when I was eating shit out of my diapers. The only problem with that is when I got into the scene, the skins were just bald hardcore kids. The English style "Spirit of 69" wasn’'t even in peoples mouths yet.
  I am very curious about who you guys are and what bands you're in. This is what I've put together: Jason is from the Main Street Saints, Dutch is also from the same band. You, Tim are from Sister Mary Rotten Crotch. Now, is Chet with Sister Mary Rotten Crotch also? From the outside looking in, you guys seem to have a tight circle of friends.
  Have you guys out there heard of Extreme Hatred or Bovver Wonderland? They both deserve to be in your pages.
  The Business interview was very well done. In this issue that I got, it was like in every interview. There was a push to have the bands let everyone know that they are anti-racists. That is what annoyed me about your mag. It wasn't so much about the music or the scene. It was like you wanted everyone to pledge allegiance to the bleeding heart, gray race, media sheep.
  The pictures of those crews from way back were cool. I hope you run more of those in the future.
  I'm not sure if you know of my writing. I usually write under the name "Sick Boy."
  Hey, Dutch. So what exactly are skinheads in it for if not the cause? Are they not working class? If so, then the Union is their politics. If they live in a city, town, state or country, then they should, being working class, be involved with those politics to some degree. What about family? Then there should be a set of morals, ideals, and values instilled in your loved ones. These are all things that should matter in the life of a true skinhead. If they don't matter to you. Then please, tell me what does. I really hope you don't think it is just a cool way to look. A band once said in a lyric, "If you are only in it for the fun, then there's the fucking door." Those are my sentiments exactly. When I came into the scene, we really thought we were going to change the world. We might not of achieved our goal, but some of us made it a way of life. We question authority, speak out against wrong doing, pass on the wisdom we’ve obtained in our travels, and try to keep it sincere.
  I know a lot of you guys and gals out there have lost your way. Be it from drugs, brainwashing or discontentment. I am blown away by the amount of skins in prison from drug use. They tell me stories of the street where skins are killing other skins. These new kids are shouting "unity", while they beat up people that believe different. The same goes for those S.H.A.R.P.S. out there. So what is the point? Can somebody please answer this question for me: why doesn't anybody want the truth to be told? I mean the truth is out there. Look at the corporation heads, bank owners, political puppeteers, and the media owners. If not for these people, society would not be the way it is. Open up your eyes and look around. Quit believing the lies that are fed to you. Search for the truth and draw your own conclusions. Tim you are doing what you think is best for the scene. That, I admire. I enjoyed your story of ghosts, gals, and goons. Please do what you know in your heart is right and don't succumb to the pressure to become politically correct. You people out there wake up. I’ll be among you shortly, so look busy.

Paul "Sick Boy" Morrison
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P. Morrison H7.... (Mr Morrison is no longer incarcerated )

Ed reply:

Alright, let me see, bla bla bla scene, bla bla bla stance, bla bla bla rockstars, oh wait here something. Hate to burst your bubble I am not a member of Sister Mary Rotten Crotch, however one member of that band plays with my "member." That member is not Chet, he is a member of the famous Adolph and the Piss Artists and also the editor and chief of Urban Alternative out of Atlanta, GA. (Saint) Jason is however in the Main Street Saints. However, Dutch technically is not Saint, he is an Upstart with heavy Saint influence and a personality problem.
  All valid questions up there so far.
  Now out of left field comes this curve ball "...let everyone know that they are anti-racists. ...you wanted everyone to pledge allegiance to the bleeding heart, gray race, media sheep." Where the fuck do you get this stuff, are you receiving unusual vibrations through your toilet? Nowhere, in any fucking interview is a political allegiance asked for. No one asked the Business where they stand on racism, did they? Or does it just erk you that bands have these beliefs. Where did you think the Templars stood, not that it even came up in the interview other than questioning the outlandish rumors that have been spoken about them. It goes without saying. As you said "They have a black guy in that band and still, people are so dumb."
  Onward Christian soldier.
  As for the latter comments on "what are skinheads are in it for if not the cause?" directed to a comment/statement (we guess, cause we could not find it in the last issue to thwart such blasphemy) that "Dutch" made.
  You holy roller'd on for a bit there, but much of what you said is pretty much common sense and has nothing to do with the skinhead population. I got a job, I am supposed to have a job, I don't deserve special recognition because I am employed. That is part of life; you work, you die. It doesn't matter if your a skinhead or joe-worker, they are the same thing. One just has oi music going through his head while he’'s doing his job.
  Now I'd like to see joe-worker, after his 10 hours shift laying concrete make it to the town meeting to determine whether his hard earned tax dollar goes toward putting decorative trash cans on his block or not. More likely joe-worker is into armchair politics, cause he's too worn out from working all day. Albiet if he is a union man and his local goes on strike, that is a different kind of politic, but again does he need to be a skinhead?
  Finally, you're supposed to take care of your children and love your family, if you happen to be a skinhead while doing it, more power to you. But being a skinhead has nothing to do with raising a family, my parents were not skinheads and I think they did a damn fine job instilling values, morals, and ideals in me. All of which I hope to pass on to my family.
  I think that about does it for me, everything else in your letter was pretty much old hat, so I'm sure all our readers can figure out an ending on their own.

American Upstart Tim