In the 'barbeque pit' flaming area of the Straight Dope message boards, one lone Australian cried succinctly into the musical wilderness:

"dear creed, train, p.o.d, linkin park and all you nu-metal losers: give it up! you suck, so, so hard.

why do you hate your parents?
why can't you stop bitching?
why do you think you can rap?
why can't you write lyrics?"

Word up, my Aussie compatriot. Word up.