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Date Posted: 07:48:38 06/16/03 Mon
Author: Will
Subject: Re: Why I won't go straight edge
In reply to: Kevin 's message, "Re: Why I won't go straight edge" on 07:14:36 06/16/03 Mon

Worryingly, I'm in complete agreement with you. I'm not entirely sure whether I "qualify" as straight edge, and to be honest I don't really care, I was just being pedantic up there 'cos I'm bored. As far as I know, the "official" definition of sxe is complete abstinance from all drugs and possibly casual sex. For me this includes alcohol and nicotine, but also stuff like caffeine. I do take the occasional painkiller mind, but surprisingly rarely.

Vegetarianism / Veganism and straight edge often seem to be quite cloesly linked, but I think really they're pretty much seperate things - straight edge is more about not ingesting substances that (could be considered) harmful to oneself, whereas vegetarianism is more about not eating living beasties.

For the record, I try to avoid referring to myself as straight edge, as I don't want to pigeonhole myself and alienate people. Well, not by that, anyway. Sometimes though, it is the easiest way to explain to people.

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