To burn Punk Memorbilia indicates their own value and significance by placing them in a spectacle.
its basically another stab at restoring punk's old punkiness. 'we can still do it!' though the only way he seems to think he can do it is by punk self destruction, which just seems like punk talking to itself, rather than trying to annihilate anything he feels is 'numbing' or 'silencing' people in the wider, *modern* culture, which is surely more relevant. the only people who will care or get some enjoyment our of this are old/ageing punks, grasping onto old gestures. outside of that, it wont remind anyone of what punk can achieve, because its such an incestuous idea. although, then again, maybe this is the most punk thing of all. less, kill your heroes, than kill yourself, etc.
i like the idea that if everyone burned all traces of punk (or other 'important' canons), it could start again, without the baggage of itself to contend with, but punk already is ossified. burning some old rags wont change that. it would be more interesting if he hacked into all the youtube/google servers and deleted all punk videos and imagery, etc etc, instantly eradicating its potential for influence.