baker in a bad religion interview is asked about this song, he even says himself it was never meant to tell people what to do, and that minor threat don't hate people who do drink or have sex or do drugs, they were sick of being pressured into having that lifestyle because people thought it was cool , the song is about doing whatyou personally believe, look at fat mike he loves minor threat and he loves drinking and drugs, it's about mutual respect, not forcing anything on anybody and being an individual and making individual decisions whatever they are aslong as they don't hurt anybody else. it sucks that the whole hate edge thing started, but it seems to happen to all genres, pop punk for example, if you have the will power and presence of mind to be straight edge i clap my hands to you but anyone that tells you you can't be straight edge or you should be straight edge is a fuckwit
baker in a bad religion interview is asked about this song, he even says himself it was never meant to tell people what to do, and that minor threat don't hate people who do drink or have sex or do drugs, they were sick of being pressured into having that lifestyle because people thought it was cool , the song is about doing whatyou personally believe, look at fat mike he loves minor threat and he loves drinking and drugs, it's about mutual respect, not forcing anything on anybody and being an individual and making individual decisions whatever they are aslong as they don't hurt anybody else. it sucks that the whole hate edge thing started, but it seems to happen to all genres, pop punk for example, if you have the will power and presence of mind to be straight edge i clap my hands to you but anyone that tells you you can't be straight edge or you should be straight edge is a fuckwit