Punks I don t know how I feel about references to Punks within this article Yes there are people who think of themselves as punks There are also lots of people who subscribe to many aspects of punk ideology without referring to themselves as being a punk or punks I believe that it may be possible to consider oneself a member of the my a punk rock community or even punk without considering oneself a punk Seeing as how important respect for self identity is within punk culture this is something we re going to have to deal with Basically there s a huge spectrum of people who adhere to various aspects of Punk ideology as part of their lifestyle and I think it s our responsibility to illuminate that spectrum as much as possible