To what extent do you think the comparison comes from journalists wanting to feel like they are punk? When you&#x27;re middle aged, middle class, living in wealthy metropolis, you&#x27;re as near to &#x27;establishment&#x27; as you could be. Or, put another way, when you&#x27;ve become what you despised when you were 16. Then, feeling like you&#x27;re the descendent of zine culture, that you are -- even if only in the quietest of echoes -- sticking it to the man, is probably pretty good for the self esteem, no?