Straight Edge is a political statement. It is the politics of regaining control over the self, of taking back from those who wish to control you. It is the politics of rejecting the "values" that have been instilled in us, that have been etched in our hearts-greed, apathy and selfishness. In a system dependant on the intoxication and ignorance of the masses, the abstention from the same can be nothing other than a rebellion against the system. Our minds drowned and chained by unjust and empty traditions, straight edge is a rejection of the assumption by our culture that we will partake in their poisons, another fuel to their machine, another blind consumer for their industry. More than abstention from intoxicants. More than music. More than words. More than friendship. Ideals. Meaning. Beliefs. Straight edge for its own sake is nothing, it is worthless. If not out of selflessness, it is meaningless. This is the straight edge i believe in. Reject their system. Take back your life.
