Originally posted by Bags:
What is the 'straight edge movement'?
straight edge is the punks who don't drink, don't smoke, don't do drugs, are vegan... there are differing degrees of sXe, but some believed it also includes no sex, etc. some people took it pretty seriously. it was big in the late 80's, and many people tattooed straight edge stuff to themselves (XXX or sXe or the like). i actually have several sXe friends today, but the movement has gotten quieter.
in some cities,the straight edge kids were somewhat, well, violent about it, and there were times when the sXe crowd would beat people up for smoking or drinking-- as happened in detroit from time to time. most sXe folks will tell you that violence isn't okay, though.