Originally Posted by schneemann

As others have said, the "no sex" thing was never part of straightedge. That's just bullshit.

Straightedge, like any belief system, can be hijacked my extremists, like has been seen in Salt Lake City, where straightedge vegans are pretty much a terrorist group, in my opinion.

In some cities, it is also like a gang except they don't run drugs or turn out girls to prostitution, they just beat the fuck out of people 10-on-1.

In both of the above cases, they're just dickheads. In most cases though, the straightedge people I've known are cool. They simply don't drink, smoke or do drugs and they're cool about it. They don't pressure people to think like they do, they don't lecture you about shit if you do smoke or drink.