My Professional Opinion

First of all, I'd like to say that being Straightedge is neat-o.
To me, being sXe is all about taking obsessively good care of your body, and being kinda conceited about it. However, I think that some (so called) sXe kids aren't quite picky enough. These are my rules on how to be really really butt-ass straightedge.

I don't think you're XstraightedgeX if you....

-don't wear earplugs to a show.
-don't wear your seatbelt.
-go to as many shows as i do, it just can't be good for you.
-eat onion rings with mayonaise.
-run with scissors.
-eat or drink something that has been sitting out for a day or more.
-skate without proper protection.
-keep your contacts overnight in liquids not meant for them.
-stick foreign objects (like jellybeans and/or cheetos) up the nose, or i guess anywhere else they don't beolng, where they might get stuck or hurt...

For The Record:
I also now think that any Straightedge Kid who doesn't know who Stevie Ray Vaughn is, must be a poser. First off, he's hands down someone who a person who cares about music at all should listen to, secondly, he goes out of his way to tell his fans to not use drugs. I heard him say (on VH1 God bless it) Don't use drugs, they "eat you from the inside out". This is true in his case, because he was DISSOLVING COCAINE IN WHISKEY EVERY DAY!! But not all drugs will actually eat away at you from the inside out, kids. Fight Propaganda!! Oh, Anyways, of course he almost died from his addiction, beat it, ended up living, and now he's got his Straight Edge. Rock On!!
Update!! He ended up living through that, but well, we can't live forever.
I hear he died in a plane crash in 1991.
What Horrible Irony!
Try to live a good clean life end up dying mile high anyways.
Well Stevie, you are a legend, and an inspiration to us all, whether we are enjoying music or trying to get our lives in order.
God Bless Ya, Man!

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