What's the world coming to when a young boy, no more than about 13 and sporting a yellow mohawk, talks with his friends openly on the tram about:

• a new name for their band which contains novel spelling of expletives
• a mutual acquaintance with whom he stayed who gets pretty scary and violent when he is drunk yet is 'cool'
• another acquaintance who is trying to get young children to commit acts of violence, even killing people
• finding a new location for them to drink away from prying eyes
• committing sadistic acts against a 'friend'

Whoever says that 'Goth' and 'punk' culture is harmless should see what it is sporning among the youngest of this generation. It is truly leading many down a sure path to damnation and perdition.

As the feast of St. Michael approaches, I would ask that his intercession be invoked on behalf the thousands who are consciously or not becoming slaves to Satan. May the Prince of Angels truly thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wonder through the world seeking the ruin of souls.