You haven’t got that aspect wrong Russ, but times have moved on. It is now 2012, technology and other ways of life have moved on considerably, the music is now over 40 odd years old and the format is almost dead (it’s incredible it’s lasted that long!). I agree with some of the things you say, but the way you’re expressing your view is alienating yourself and other like-minded people from most regular folk who already perceive it to be an “up its own arse” scene. Phrases like ethics and giving back to the scene make me cringe because it’s not life and death and it’s certainly not some worthy cause.
It’s supposed to be fun! It may have felt like something cool and underground quite some time ago but it hasn’t been like that for a long time. It’s full of fat, middle-aged to old blokes who can’t dance very well. Nothing to stop them still having a good time. It’s become a parody of itself and all these indignant put downs of anyone who doesn’t share the same view, doesn’t help.