I don't consider myself a punk either, and I'm embarrassed by so much of what constitutes their ethos.
To clarify: I will forever be offended by the notion of hippies considering themselves to be fighting 'the system' and being all about 'peace and love' while still ultimately being a boys club. The guys got to be the pioneers and screw anyone they wanted while the women stayed behind doing the laundry and making the food. Their utopia was as old fashioned as anything their dads would've dreamed up.
The parts that condemn violence and advocate actual peace? Those are the parts I like, but the hippies didn't exactly invent non-violence.
That's all, really.
Tom.
