First of all, the article was not a research paper which would require covering some "well-known" theoretical ground and making hypothetical statements. Secondly, the editor clearly stated in the November issue (p.2) that the magazine's "purpose in talking about this (new new youth) topic is neither to criticize nor to censure, but rather to present the youth of today as they really are.
首先，九四年十一月號上的文章並非以學術論文的形式出現，沒有必要去引經據典什麼「影響巨大」的心理學或社會學理論；第二，編輯在該刊（第二頁）文中明確地用中、英文指出開闢「新新人類」專題的目的「不在批判，不在指責，而是盡可能呈現青少年族群的真貌……。」