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Most of you are way off. I was sXe for 3 years, 16-19, and I'll never regret it. You have to understand that there are extremists in every group, and most of these shallow judgements could be applied to any one of those groups. You people are missing the point. sXe, at it's base, is not injesting any mind altering substance. That's it. Some say you're not suppose to have sex, piercings and whatever. It's just other people trying to make themselves important by making up new rules.
Here's the lyrics to "Straight-Edge" by Minor Threat, the song that gave it a name.
I'm a person just like you
But I've got better things to do
Than sit around and fuck my head
Hang out with the living dead
Snort white shit up my nose
Pass out at the shows
I don't even think about speed
That's something I just don't need
I've got the straight edge
I'm a person just like you
But I've got better things to do
Than sit around and smoke dope
'Cause I know I can cope
Laugh at the thought of eating ludes
Laugh at the thought of sniffing glue
Always gonna keep in touch
Never want to use a crutch
I've got the straight edge
(Lyrics by Ian MacKaye)
Say anything about sex? No drugs/alcohol/whatever, that's all. I consider straight edge to be more of a youth group than anything else. Most kids will eventually sellout, but while they are young, they aren't doing drugs and fucking up the growing brain in the noggin. This is a good thing.
There will always be people that join a group for the wrong reasons. Every argument against straight-edge in this forum is basically universal for every group.
Straight-edge is a good thing and it's actually a very small group, yet since it recieves mostly negative attention on the major media outlets that all you sheep follow it'll never get the positive attention it deserves.
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