Straight edge is just a name for the human ability to not need, or do without. Straight edge has never been "the straight edge", it is not a goal to be attained, it is not an entity to be worshiped. It is personal, it is individualistic. It symbolizes all of our ability to look deep inside ourselves - beneath the fashion, beneath the music, beneath the social & cultural indoctrination and discover who we are, free from outside influence. Straight edge is not a source of empowerment in and of itself. It is only a starting point of understanding what oppresses our thoughts and our actions. It is the beginning of a self evaluation on ones own terms, that transcends the accepted standards of our material reality.
-Monster X
11 years ago
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