Sorry to link to Another Blog but DUDE!!!
Seriously.
People who can't understand that some of us actually like and *enjoy* pop - the way that it conforms to and transcends a formula, the way it sounds, the melodies, the presentation, the artform of good songwriting and good production. People who try to give some kind of psuedo-political post-No Logo rant about "commercialism" instead of judging music on the one criteria that matters:
DO YOU LIKE THE WAY IT SOUNDS?
::bashes head against desk::