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Originally Posted by Metal Ken  The one thing i always wondered about it, though:
If you want to not do that shit, cool. But why put a label and force yourself to fit into a crowd? I've known people who abstain from shit, but they dont go around calling themselves straightedge and make sure they check in with the straightedge lifestyle. They just dont do the shit they dont do because it isn't them. |
As i said earlier, it's probably because it makes things faster. it's easier to say straight edge then "non alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, drugs user, who also enjoys hardcore music and like to go in the moshpit from time to time."
If I say straight edge I assume that you know what I'm talking abut, it's the same as calling yourself metalhead or new yorker or footballfan.
I mean there is no way that every football fans are the same, and Im sure that you can enjoy fotball without having to call yourself a football fan, but it makes it easier to explain why the hell you need absolute silence every sunday for 2-4 hours.