Straight Edge means a drug free life! It was born from a music of Minor Threat in the 80's. In that music Ian Mackay wrote "i don´t drink, don´t smoke, don´t fuck, at least i can fucking think" and that was it: Straight Edge was born! But it isn't just that, Straight Edge is a political opinion and attitude towards drugs and casual sex and what they represent in society. Straight Edge isn´t just not drinking or not smoking or not doing any drugs, it's a spirit towards life and society. You can't be Straight Edge only by not having drugs (if it was like that my grandmother was sxe). Straight Edge is a movement that envolves a way of thinking and acting. Straight Edge is a group of political ideas and concepts.

Straight Edge is an evolution of the punk movement: SXE IS PUNK!!! The punk movement is a movement against the SYSTEM and Straight Edge is another weapon to fight it! The System trys everything to control us, It manage to keep us occupied and blindfolded with the most various things, just to reach It's goal: prevent us to think for ourselfs. If They manage to do it They will be able to do anything they want with the world, They will be able to play that meanless games with people life's and play Their meanless power games! They are afraid that we can think for ourselves, so They feed our selfish ego with all the most common things.

They want us to think that all is right and They want us to keep living fast! Of course, it's where Their profit comes from!!! They manage to put all that Wonderful thoughts into "society's mind":

"It's cool to be cool, people will like you better!"

"It's cool to drink and if you don't drink you're no man!!!"

"It's cool to take drugs, you will be given more credit if you do it!"

"It's cool to fuck every girl in your hometown, people will know that you have a big cock and they'll know how MACHO and what a MAN you are! Girls are weak, their only porpuse in the world is to suck you big fat dick!!!"

So, if you pay some attention, you'll see that there are millions of clothing stores for you to buy cool clothes you don't really need, you'll see that there are millions of drink's companies for you to buy their drinks and be drunk when it's bad for your health and make you feel violent or happy when you aren't, you'll see that there are millions of drug dealers for you to buy their drougs that make you act and feel like a person that you really aren't and that are bad for your health, you'll see that there are a pornographic industry that exploits women cruelly, you'll see that there is only one person that makes you feel "in the clouds" and that you are searching more than you should. But you will still do it just because it's COOL! Be ashamed and make something about it! Do you really want to support the SYSTEM?!

BE PUNK

BE STRAIGHT EDGE

XXX

If you want to send me your texts and opinions fell free to e-mail them to me.

I make a fanzine (in portuguese) about sXe, hXc and vegetarianism, if you want it contact me.