Straight Edge

on-key meet p arnts oppugn whats wrong with their children. plurality wonder what these kids claim to hide at that place must be roundthing wrong with them wherefore? because they look much scary than other youths? no because they ar much violent than others? no because they praise a weird, immature kind of deity? no further what is the reason the reason simply is they live the reliable beach. unspoiled now what is slap-up edge exactly? the basic definition was created in the early 1980s in a hardcore- hoodlum metrical composition of the working capital d. c. and minor threat whose singer ian mackaye wrote a song virtu solelyy accompaniment a life without drugs the song which included the six legendary row dont drink, dont smoke, dont fuck it was a song called straight edge a song that gave a name to a new motion amongst the youth of thence and preserved its fascination and attitude up to the new millennium. to explain the record of the term straight ed ge veritable(a) a bit more precisely the words became the meaning for after the drummer of minor threat saying the attribute of a straight edge on a carte du jour and thought only god knows why it would be the perfect symbol for this new life way of life. asically it was a thing approximately neating mavenself. in the new-fangled 1970s and early 1980s there was a big frustration in the punk scene world broad. it was pretty much all about sex and drugs and rocknroll and whoever wanted to be a real punk got drunk or stoned every time there was an opportunity. the line of work was that the political backgrounds of punk became more and more un essential, and battalion didnt even dupe the power to be active anymore. the poison took their power. o some kids peculiarly in new york rethought this upstanding punk- conceit and decided for themselves not to participate in this organized chaos anymore to resist against the peer pressure. to get clean and save their power for the fight to reach their ideals. the important thing which gave those kids the program and power to start out their mission around the world was the medical specialty. troubled punk. it was the new kind of punk. today we call it old-school hardcore. bands uniform minor threat, ssd and the puerile idols were only some of the first straight edge bands. thousands of others followed their way. he music was the basis but what was the background behind this dont drink, dont smoke, dont fuck ? was it just a frustrated group of kids who wanted to get attention by breathing like askets? not at all the part about the imbibing and smoking is easy to understand. it means concentrate your power on the important things in life but what about the sex? why should people not be allowed to make love according to this lifestyle? well, thats not quite what it was supposed to mean and still is it is supposed to mean, that one shouldnt put on promiscuous sex sleeping around every time one get s the chance. o pretending of love just to get sex. the reason for that is to give delight in to others. not to see them as things. this is probably one of the close to discussed about points of this whole definition. during the years some things c adverted. political engagement became en vogue which is just too logic because the movement actually was natural as an idea to strengthen the political power of each individual. respect of life also implies animal rights. thats the reason for vegetarism and veganism being very wide spread in the scene. pack of the straight edge people are active in human and/or animal rights groups and support subscribe action. but then there is the bad side of the movement in public straight edge is often regarded to be narrow-minded and egotistical. but it is quite the opposite. the bad image occurred because some groups split off and gave the whole scene a genuinely bad name there was on the one hand a new important part for some groups piety which was completely against the basic idea and straight edge. to question norms and to learn its own way of living. specially the big religious scene in the mormon area salt lake city / new mexico caused a lot of negative publicity. people supposedly even got killed there out of squirm and misunderstood straight-edge reasons. the problem there is the big connection between religion and straight edge there. the whole lifestyle isnt against the norm there at all mormons get raised there that way anyway but the motives are completely different. so kids are much more liable(predicate) to call themselves straight edge even though the basic idea is not going along with their backgrounds at all. nother huge negative movement out of the straight edge scene is shown by so-called hard-line-straight edgers. mostly they are involved in the religion of islam (dont ask about the reasons it is totally incomprehensibly ) and fight against anything impure and unnatural like abortion most of them are real hardline pro-lifers or homosexuality. there were also tendencies amongst right wing groups who tried to adapt straight edge for their means. but they all just didnt understand what straight edge is about but straight edge is about tolerance, respect and activism. nyone who gets in touch will discover, that the letter or sign x has an important meaning. it dates back to the 1980s in new york when like it was and is common in the united states on concerts and shows underage kids got tag with a big x on the back of their manpower so that they wouldnt get alcohol to drink at the bar. older kids solidarized with them and marked their hands themselves to show the dont even want to drink. today a lot of people use the x in their names like xsidx for example weather it on shirts or as tattoos. lso the abbreviation sxe for straight edge is really popular and common. unfortunately a lot of kids see it as a cliquish and cool hing to be straight edge but they wont arr est like that. they will live on their lives just like a lot of their never-been-straight-edge-fellows. it is important to develop ones own definition and style of straight edge. one has to live it. then it is the right decision and the appropriate lifestyle. then it is the real till death lifestyle in contrast to true till college which characterizes the stylish kids mentioned before. he music changed a lot too. there is still a bunch of old-school bands but especially during the 1990s there emerged many sxe-bands that played all different styles of hardcore like the heavy-metal like hardcore or the softer emo-core. it is impossible to still find names for the style of every band the variety is just too big. important are still the hardcore shows were kids from all over meet, trade records, and just hang out. the scene is pretty much selfly-sufficient too. heres kids who publish (mostly still vinyl) records for young bands others who have little mail orders and distributions to sell and trade tapes, records and cds, some kids organize shows for bands (even from overseas), and others who even buy vegan food you cannot get here abroad and sell it to the kids. all do-it-yourself (= diy). all anti-capitalist. straight edge is nothing suspicious. straight edge is personal choice. straight edge is the decision to find ones own norms. straight edge is support for weak and disadvantaged beings. straight edge is the essay to make the world a better place