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explaining straightedge
fin:
--- Quote from: 24_hour_revenge_therapy --- i usually liken it to buddism. not that they really have anything in common.
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damn that got me thinking. while i dabbled with the idea of being sXe for an entire ten minutes, i considered buddism, even if somehwhat shallowly for a good while longer (before i ever knew what straight edge was).
i can see were you are coming from, in that budhism and straightedge are similar although very different. from what little i know about budhism i think it is a far more personal voyage than the group mentaily of sxe and therefore, unlike being straight edge it is something which you youreself belive in and inculde yourself in, whereas being straight edge is defined by the vaules of the group being a buddist is defined by the values of the individaul's beliefs. IMO this is a very important distinction.
usual unimformed and drunken disclamiers apply. my interprtetation of budhism may be slightly or very shiny and blinkered. correct me.
Patatat:
Why isn't this thread dead yet...
Its pretty obvious it sucks.
nickyandthefuture:
--- Quote from: fin ---from what little i know about budhism i think it is a far more personal voyage
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Shouldn't that be impersonal voyage? ;)
Man, I read this thread, but I still don't understand what straight edge actually means. I mean, I don't do any of the stuff that straight edge people explicitly don't do, but when you define a culture purely in negative terms, it's either completely open to interpretation or the whole thing is just a euphemism for some cliquishness that nobody wants to actually point out. My grandpa doesn't smoke crack; is he straight edge?
jeph:
--- Quote from: Patatat ---Why isn't this thread dead yet...
Its pretty obvious it sucks.
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Agreed.
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