Forget all that stuff I said about tattoos

[Farbin Kaiber]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_edge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_Stand_United

[Tavern Gnome]

It's got nothing to do with being a gang, and I'm going to pretend you never said that.

It's about showing the world that there are still people out there that have chosen not to destroy their bodies and their lives with drugs and alcohol.

Don't trash it just because you don't understand it.

[Kruzen]

omfg lolol these are awesome.

[morningsmiler]

I think its great that people choose not to use drugs and alcohol...Its the "declaring" it that is ridiculous.

[Farbin Kaiber]

It's about showing the world that there are still people out there that have chosen not to destroy their bodies and their lives with drugs and alcohol.

So, can you up and start after being a drunk pothead stoner who puffs two packs a day, loves cheeseburgers from McD's and wears leather shoes and fucks random skanks?

Or, is it a lifelong thing, like being a priest? After all, it looks to have started in Boston, the home of the Irish Catholic priest fiasco.

[PhillyG]

Obviously he was obducted by aliens and this is their tagging system.

Poor guy.

I dont give a fuck who you are or how many fuckin posts you have make your fucking sig smaller.

[DCColegrove]

I'm going to get one of these... But bigger.

[eric (^__^)]

I seriously need to keep my mouth shut when it comes to tattoos...

[DCColegrove]

I seriously need to keep my mouth shut when it comes to tattoos...

No...

Come on I want to hear it anyway.

[eric (^__^)]

are you actually irish or

[Van Westervelt]

MR Straight Edge has a bit o hair in there, lol.

[DCColegrove]

I kind of missed this stuff here about the "Straight Edge Kids"

I have spent some time around some of them and many of these kids in particular came from homes that were utterly destroyed by drug and alcohol abuse...

All things considered they are doing well... at the very least have done better than how they could be doing.

I've been around some of they're parents as well... Good God...

[DCColegrove]

are you actually irish or

Yes... Stupid Irish bastard here...

Two youngest kids even named Molly and Liam.

[Farbin Kaiber]

[DCColegrove]

Colgrove is my adopted name... but yes I belive it's English / Welsh.

Interesting factoid: I didn't use that name until I was older and had forgiven my bastard redneck stepfather.

But.... I thought we were talking about Tattoos... You kids confuse me.