It's all bollocks, and the press have sensationalised everything.
It was the other kids who called them the trenchcoat mafia, coz the other kids were mean.
haha, The Herald blamed Marilyn Manson, and implied that all goths were going to go on a mad killing rampage.
The Herald just sucks.
For once I wont flame you as I stand in agreement on this front. The article about society's backlash on geeks and oddballs on slashdot was notably pertinant. </bad spelling>
This post made on an exported xsession on a sparc10! Hail debian!