Taken from the edgebreak website -
The Edge Break List Is Dead
The Edgebreak list was begun in 2002. To us (at least me), it was a huge joke, a gag, a farce. Over time, people became more spiteful with their posts and used this list as a form of revenge. I even received a few emails from kids who were harrassed due to some affiliation with this list. Based on all the hate, I have killed the edgebreak list.
All this hate
What is it for?
It's not something
That we can just ignore
A waste of energy, a waste of time
You can't see it
'Cause you're so fucking blind
- Side By Side
Going forward with HYE, please expect more POSITIVE aspects of the straight edge culture to be displayed and documented by this site. If you have any questions, you know where to reach me. Peace. One love.
B. Murphy, HYE?
I liked it. Take it for what you will.
Monday, February 06, 2006
The XthingsX that we do......
So, with my infinite amounts of spare time, I have once again renewed my commitment to myself to be the best I possibly can be.
With this, I have taken part in and surfed my favorite forum group on Myspace. The one titled 'straightedge'.
Now what the hell does this have to do with making myself a better person? Well, it has everything to do with it. Maybe by having correspondence with the mass amounts of people that call themselves straightedge on myspace, I might learn something in my old age. Old dogs can learn new tricks.
But alas, I have not. I have only been able to reaffirm some things that I always thought all along.
1. There are so few of us that truly give a shit about Straightedge.
2. So few of us are actually talking about things that MATTER in life. What about the middle east and Irans refusal to let UN inspect their nuclear program. That is certainly important to me, you and well, everyone!
3. The discussions that do come up are rarely about anything but these few things - caffeine consumption and its place in straightedge, prescription drugs or porn.
These three things make me realize that I need to try my hardest to stimulate the minds of the people that I interact with. As I get older, I realize that my need for great conversation is at a paramount, and the people that I interact with on the NERD aren't doin' it for me.
My hope for straightedge is that with our "raised conciousness" that we become more than a force for change; that we ARE the change. We don't need to be the negative in the public eye. We need to be a positive and by not engaging in everyday conversation, then we aren't getting the message out.
I guess that I mean that I want more for the movement than it to die a slow death because of its commercialism; we need to show them that we are the true rebellion. Rebellion against rebellion!!!!
With this, I have taken part in and surfed my favorite forum group on Myspace. The one titled 'straightedge'.
Now what the hell does this have to do with making myself a better person? Well, it has everything to do with it. Maybe by having correspondence with the mass amounts of people that call themselves straightedge on myspace, I might learn something in my old age. Old dogs can learn new tricks.
But alas, I have not. I have only been able to reaffirm some things that I always thought all along.
1. There are so few of us that truly give a shit about Straightedge.
2. So few of us are actually talking about things that MATTER in life. What about the middle east and Irans refusal to let UN inspect their nuclear program. That is certainly important to me, you and well, everyone!
3. The discussions that do come up are rarely about anything but these few things - caffeine consumption and its place in straightedge, prescription drugs or porn.
These three things make me realize that I need to try my hardest to stimulate the minds of the people that I interact with. As I get older, I realize that my need for great conversation is at a paramount, and the people that I interact with on the NERD aren't doin' it for me.
My hope for straightedge is that with our "raised conciousness" that we become more than a force for change; that we ARE the change. We don't need to be the negative in the public eye. We need to be a positive and by not engaging in everyday conversation, then we aren't getting the message out.
I guess that I mean that I want more for the movement than it to die a slow death because of its commercialism; we need to show them that we are the true rebellion. Rebellion against rebellion!!!!
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