Edmond: Punk not dead neurontin 400 mg indications "Once upon a time this community had a common enemy, the forces of the state. There was a common cause and a common bond. Nowadays people are disenfranchised and alienated in the absence of war. I'm not saying for one moment they were the good old days, they weren't. But there has been an erosion of community and family values, people more out for themselves, people are more alone," he says.