Straight Edge (short rant/complaining).

He's 15, he can't legally do anything anyways, so of course he's straight edge.

We've had this fight before and I don't care to have it again, but that's my thoughts.

shut up please. and stop wearing stupid t-shirts.

1. Not this thread again.

2. Where's AdamBomb so he can break this whole Straight Edge thing down for us.





3. Even though I don't really care about the whole Straight Edge thing, or wheather someone labels themselves, the kid is right. 15 year olds have no business doing drugs or drinking. Just my take on it. If you're 15 and love pot enough to sport a shirt with the leaf on it, then you really need to find something productive to do.

I used to be against it, but I've come to realize that this Straight Edge thing is mostly intensified by teenage kids nowadays. Kids just need to belong to something, they just need that feeling. Well, alot of kids do anyway. Most of them will grow out of being so self righteous about it.

I couldn't agree anymore. I am no where near a drug user or smoker. But to think I am way better then everybody else is pretty ridiculous.

Don't Poke Smot.

but seriously you couldve just walked away.

Anyone who advertises some sort of "group" that they feel like they are in are just grandstanding. There is no reason that people should be walking around with pot leaf t shirts or straight edge t shirts. You are all a bunch of posers who are drawing attention to yourselves and I can't stand any of it. It's sort of like (if for whatever ungodly reason people collecting wrestling figures became some sort of separatist group) you wear a t shirt with a gigantic Elite Randy Orton figure on it that has a tagline like "Don't be a punk, get 'em all!!!!" or some terrible garbage like that. If you are something, just be it and shut the hell up. If you're on one end, great. No need to flaunt it. If you are on another end, don't be a dick. You have to realize if you leave the house with something on your body that might cause some sort of stir, you are drawing attention to yourself and setting yourself up for some sort of reaction. Simple solution, don't do it. God, the only thing wrong with the world is the people. Sorry, but I am tired of all of this. There are no groups. Everyone is a human. Basically just with different opinions.

While I totally agree with you, I'm not sure if I'm in the category of people you explained. Everyone here knows that I'm a Christian. I don't go around "grandstanding" it, because to be honest, people who know me have found out because of my lifestyle and not because I run around shouting about it. But I do own a few T-Shirts and ties with crosses on them and phrases like "Jesus Saves" on them. I honestly don't see anything wrong with being so proud of being a Christian that I'll wear a shirt proclaiming such.

Plus, in my case it really isn't flaunting. It's more of a sign of my glory to God and all that he's done in my life.

At the end of the day, straightedge has become a mere fashion statement. A bunch of insecure kids who feel the need to belong to some sort of label to make themselves feel important. I know that there's a lot of guys out there who lived through the roots of straight edge and it's really a fundamental part of their life, but the majority of people who are 'straight edge' nowadays are those 'scene' kids, who, ironically are under the legal drinking age anyway.

As for the pot T-shirt, that's pretty much EXACTLY the same as those straight edge kids. Being overt about something which should be private, just to conform to a certain look or style. Considering OP is 15 though it's understandable, I wore and did some pretty stupid things at 15 lol .

It's ignorant people like this that are the reason I don't use the term straight edge anymore.

First of all, I can't believe I'm the first person pointing out the fact that you're 15 and wearing a shirt with a pot leaf on it. Where the has society gone wrong that your parents, teachers, principal, etc. etc. have yet to pull you aside to tell you to take that crapoff? And before you get on about expression and freedom of speech, there's a time and a place for it. The time is not "at fifteen years old" and the place is not "a public school."

Now, as far as I understand it, all this kid did was strike up a conversation with you and then answer a question. Correct me if I'm wrong, but where in there does he cause you any harm? I don't get why there is a stigma attached to the straight edge lifestyle, where people automatically assume that you traded in drugging and drinking for a high horse. Some of the most down to earth people I know are straight edge. Why does someone else's decision to turn down drugs and alcohol cause you so much strain? He's not stopping you from smoking (although at your age, someone should). If someone else wants to leave that stuff alone, that's their decision made for their own reasons. Who is anyone to tell them that decision is wrong, or that their reasons for it are wrong? Live your own life, stop worrying about others.

I swear, it's ridiculous. Would you rant and rave about someone going on a diet, because your preference is for eating junk? For abstaining because you like whores and prostitutes? It's the same deal.