Top Document: alt.punk.straight-edge sXe FAQ Previous Document: 3-7. Do I have to be vegan/vegetarian to be straight-edge? Next Document: 3-9. Is taking caffeine straight-edge? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Some kids say you shouldn't take any drugs. "Straight Edger's exclude all forms of drugs from their lives, including alcohol, cigarettes, illegal drugs and often other drugs such as aspirin. Most sXe'ers don't even "use" caffeine." [2] However, it would be stupid not to take medications for serious illnesses. How can you take control of your life if you're delirious or dead! On 25 Jan 1997 refuge <ebmgieda@refuge!microserve!com> wrote: "fucking take them! are you nuts?" On 27 Sep 1997 SuperCarol <supercarol@hotmail!com> wrote: "You are who you are. Straight Edge has always been about the choices you make, right? Well you don't have a choice to choose to have [a condition] or not. Therefore take your medicine and have SxE pride because you are doing what's best for your body. And I think a lot of "SxE" is about taking care of yourself...as long as you're not abusing your prescription, than it's all good." On 10 Nov 1998 Xed mitchellX Edwin.Mitchell@Colorado!EDU> wrote: "The first thing you must understand is that sXe, in its most basic essence, is a defiance of the self-destructive behaviors that mainstream society, the media, and often times our parents and most often our friends deem acceptable. These behaviors are most often prerequisite for social acceptance in many circles ranging from the high-school beer party to the CEO's business party. It is an acceptance of responsibility for your own actions and your own life to become sXe, and many times the lines drawn for that accptance vary from person to person, so in the end the decision whether to include medical drugs in ones sXe commitment is up to the individual. However, it is my opinion that the idealism of that rejection of self-destructive behavior is what embodies sXe. So, in my opinioin, to not take a medication that is beneficial, or crucial to your health doesn't really do anything for you except advance your ailment. It is also important to remember that a healthy straight-edger is a much more effective revolutionary than one who is sick or dying." User Contributions:Top Document: alt.punk.straight-edge sXe FAQ Previous Document: 3-7. Do I have to be vegan/vegetarian to be straight-edge? Next Document: 3-9. Is taking caffeine straight-edge? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: xjusticex@geocities.com (Lars Norved)
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