Straight Edge - Rebels With A Cause

A show from 1995 featuring DJ Rose, myself and several friends focusing on the vegan straight edge music scene in Syracuse, NY. Also Sick Of It All, Ignite and H2O.

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Music

Tags:

• Syracuse
• Straight Edge
• Vegan
• Earth Crisis
• Hardcore
• Sick Of It All
• H2O
• Ignite

[dylan111291]

I don't see the point in actually making a big stink about a personal health choice. I think that if you limit yourself to a few beers and a few hits every once in a blue moon there's no real health hazards. And besides even if you are healthy you'll still get sick and you'll still get cancer.

[Guav]

@dylan111291 I don't entirely disagree with you, but nobody said that the people who consume drugs, cigarettes or alcohol in small, moderate amounts are the problem—it's the people who don't. And their choices DO affect people other than them—their families when they die of lung cancer or overdose, the other people harmed when they drive drunk or commit acts of drunken violence, etc. It ceases to be a "personal health choice" when it affects those around you. Moderation isn't the problem.

[dylan111291]

@Guav Ok, but what i am saying is why not just say that you won't over do alcohol or marijuana? I mean if it's not your thing that's cool. I personally only do those two things once in a blue moon. My dad is an alcoholic and my uncle is a drug addict so i can see where you are coming from.

[Guav]

@dylan111291 For some people it's fine to say that they won't overdo drugs/alcohol—like yourself—but not everybody WANTS to do those things in moderate amounts, some people don't want to do them at all (straight edge), some people don't agree with the CONCEPT of getting intoxicated at all, and others realize that due to their personalities, they cannot do things in moderation, so for them it's safest to completely abstain. Everybody has to make their own choices. You made yours, I made mine :)

[dylan111291]

@Guav yeah i agree i just don't get all the movement type stuff if it all comes down to just personal choice like it seems as if they are trying to make a revolution of sorts.

[Guav]

@dylan111291 I could try to explain that aspect, but it would be too wordy for a YouTube comment :)

[juliexskates]

This is relevant today. I love this music, I love this message. Way too many kids today are still getting into the smoke/drink/drugs bullshit. I resist all of that! XXX

[ApplesLight]

i like streight edge beacuse they have a healty

[schwarzblatt]

Thanks for these posts. Do you happen to know what the name of the venue ExC played at in Portland was?

[bengativo6]

to all fucking idiots in this video talking about getting high and drinking ,why do you feel so freaking bad about other people not following on what you do,and why are you wasting your words here in this place?stop making excuses for your stupid bad nasty habits,if you think you are a man because you smoke ,and you drink ,and shoot some dope,there is other ways you can prove it ,but o well im asking for water in a big desert ..

[bengativo6]

what most people dont understand is that is not only the fact you dont fuck up your body ,it is about a better society ,if you do drugs ,think of all the bad things you support not just screwing up your brain ,but you support gangsters,narco,labs,death ,dirty money ,drug dealing ,and many young lives walking towards to an not happy end!!think what is outside your head ,how small is your brain that you cant think right of all that smoke and booze?spread the message , for a better society

[dylan111291]

@SebbeSucksBawlz No doubt about it , they can express themselves through their music but to go around almost protesting it in a sense is idiotic.

[SebbeSucksBawlz]

@dylan111291 well music is self expression, they have a right to talk about their views/emotions in their music. I do agree it is ridiculous when some of them go around in gangs beating the shit out of people about it though.

[dylan111291]

@SebbeSucksBawlz i know the idea, but i feel the same way and i don't go around making some kind of statement out of it.

[SebbeSucksBawlz]

@dylan111291 basically the idea is they don't feel the need to do drugs or alcohol to have a good time and enjoy life, not necessarily just that drugs and alcohol are pure evil and kill everyone.

[jimmyjames1968able]

Do What you want. Do not tell a stranger how to live. Goose step off!

[tickedoffnow]

This is how Mainstream Rock N' Roll HAS TO BE

[StraightPunkEdge93]

@DaxLOUx Same here brother,I'm straight edge too,i have tons of friends that drink and smoke. And that's alright with me. They don't try me into it and don't try to push them into being straight edge.

[SmashedUpFetus]

@DaxLOUx yeah you got it. fuck straight edge cos i dont wanna do it but not fucker the straight edgers because if they wanna do it thats up to them. simples

[DaxLOUx]

@SmashedUpFetus ok so you say "fuck the idea of being straight edge" but not "fuck the straight edgers". doesn't make any sense to me

[SmashedUpFetus]

@DaxLOUx theres nothing intolerant about saying "fuck straight edge"; intolerance would be saying "fuck all people who are straight edge". anyway no need to get all serious about it. here, lighten up and have a beer on me.

[DaxLOUx]

@SmashedUpFetus i'm so tired of these comments on straight edge : "fuck straight edge", "straight edge is fur pussies", "drinking is fun" fuck that ! i'm straight edge because i think it's right for me! but i'm not a preaching person, everybody is free to do what they want. go ahead, drink if you want to. it doesn't make you a bad person. I don't have a problem with people who drink alcohol. in fact, most of my friends drink and smoke and it's fine with me. it's time you start to show tolerance

[SmashedUpFetus]

@DaxLOUx good! fuck straight edge! guinness and a steak please sir

[chronicgeebs]

attention seeking cock suckers

[DaxLOUx]

@Blinkyblink999 Injustice System

[DaxLOUx]

@SmashedUpFetus they're not !