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As said previously, this is an idea mainly thought to be coined by Minor Threat (thus being an offshoot of punk/hardcore). Their song Straight Edge [outlines] their lifestyle that they choose to live... I've been told it was their drummer who was using a ruler to draw a poster and noted that the ruler's straight edge was a metaphor for their lifestyles... The basic outline of straight edge is, as said before, not wanting to or taking part in: Drinking (or any mind effecting drugs) Smoking Casual sex (without a loving [relationship]) This is just a simple guideline of what the LIFESTYLE of an edge person is. It can be built upon with vegan/[vegetarianism], no caffeine and other choices that keep your body poison free. An X can be worn on the hands of people who are edge, along with stating poison free, straight edge can be abbreviated to sXe. The X on the hand is because at punk/hardcore gigs, an X was drawn on the hands of minors so that they would not get served at the bar. With this movement people started putting Xs on their hands to show that they did not want to drink. The idea of straight edge is not to poison the mind and body with anything that is bad for it, this, to me includes being a general bastard to people… For me its being [the best person] you can be. We are not boring people, I choose not to drink, it doesn't mean I can’t have fun, or go to parties, I just have fun while knowing what I’m doing and [remembering]. Straight edge should unite people and not turn into a gang who [discriminate] against people who do poison their bodies... It's their choice, let them live with it, I don’t look down on people who aren’t edge.
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