Confessions...

So what will you do? Will you do what you can to make this world a better & more sustainable place? Help support life on this planet? The new ethic is found in the lives of people who are actually devoting their lives working for this cause. They are out there, while we sit.

Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist

Planet Slayers

Today I stumbled upon the following video, which sadly says pretty much all there is to say about the current state of the world... And that, just just showing some of the shit that goes on. It is time to raise awareness and prepare ourselves for the protection of the Earth, at any cost. Watch this again and again, and make it your war soundtrack for the Revolution!

Props go to the person who made this video. Check their youtube channel here.

Metalcore's Vegan Warrior

There is a common belief that when people gain success, it is easy to discard their commitments and just go for the good life and live large. Well this is not always the case. People like Jona Weinhofen (guitarist in Bring Me The Horizon, a widely popular metalcore band) prove the oppposite. Commitment to veganism and/or straight edge does NOT have anything to do with being successful, living on the road as  tourning musician, or anything else that might serve as an excuse to drop out. Remember that!

What Straight Edge Means to Me...

 

Many times I wonder what straight edge really means to me. It's not like I've been edge for such a crazy long time (compared to others) or that I haven't fallen off the edge in the past. It's nothing to be proud of but I'm human and have gone through many difficult phases like everyone else. Nevertheless, I've been edge long enough to talk about the differences it has made in my life. I try to stay connected with what made want to lead a clean life in the first place and try to maintain that without geting too carried away with what it will mean in the long run, or what it means for others, as long as I am having fun staying sober. Every day I deal with society's self destructive ways and peoples' weak, self-denying, addicitve behaviors and in a sense, it s what gives me the strength to remain clean. Maybe in that, I see a side of myself that I don't want to see no more. Every day I deal with the "why don't you drink in moderation like everyone else" and the "a beer or two can't hurt you". But then again  I realize how the stances we take are usually symbolic; they stand for something that is higher than us and this is what words like 'principles' and 'values' represent. I guess I  want to live in a way that is strong and positive and straightforward, and I want to go it all the way, not half-assed. This is just one of the many reasons I don't drink AT ALL and I remain straight edge each consecutive moment.

And this is my testimony. I'm gonna keep it clean and I am going to keep it loud and shout it out!

This is... Straight Edge!!!

Straight edge will forever be linked with intensity, energy and straightforward-ness. It is not about over polished messages and slick ways of expressing oneslef. Or even the cleanest sound. Τhe original straight edge lives and breathes as long the "REAL" factor is there in the process of expressing a clear mind and a positive philospohy. And the possibilities of this process are endless...

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So watch this old school STRIFE video and feel the sheer intensity. Listen to he painstaking feedback, wait for the drum roll to drop and let the brutal energy flow and fill the space!!! Straight Edge!

Το straight edge θα είναι για πάντα συνδεδεμένο με την ένταση, την ενέργεια και την αμεσότητα. Δεν έχει να κάνει με καλογυαλισμένα μηνύματα και "έξυπνους" τρόπους έκφρασης του εαυτού μας. Δεν έχει καν να κάνει με τον ήχο. Το πραγματικό straight edge ζει εκεί που υπάρχει ο παράγοντας "ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ", και ζει μέσα στη διαδικασία της έκφρασης ενός καθαρού μυαλού και ενός θετικού τρόπου σκέψης. Και οι πιθανότητες αυτής της έκφρασης είναι ατελείωτες...

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Σε αυτό το παλιό βίντεο των STRIFE σίγουρα υπάρχει αυτή η ενέργεια. Ακούω το τεράστιο feedback των ενισχυτών, περιμένω το κλασικό σκάσιμο των ντραμς και η απόλυτη ενέργεια γεμίζει το χώρο!!! Straight Edge!

Milk, Yogurt or Cheese? No, Thanks!

The common misconception - even among vegetarians - that animal products like milk and cheese are  rightfully manufactured for human use must be finally challenged. There is no such thing as a milk-drinking, cheese-eating 'vegetarian', when the animals who produce these commodities go straight to the slaughterhouse after being abused by humans and deemed useless. Please check out the video below. In future posts and videos we will see the harmful effects of dairy produce on human health, but for now we want to focus on the total injustice and excessive violence caused in milk and cheese factories. WARNING: the following video contains violent (BUT VERY REAL) images. Go Vegan!

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Πρέπει επιτέλους να αντικρούσουμε την επικρατούσα αντίληψη (ακόμα και μεταξύ χορτοφάγων) ότι τα ζωικά παράγωγα όπως το γάλα και το τυρί παράγονται δικαίως για να καταναλώνονται από τον άνθρωπο. Δεν υπάρχει 'χορτοφαγία' εφόσον κάποιος καταναλώνει γάλα και τυρί, αφού τα ζώα από τα οποία προέρχονται αυτά τα προϊόντα οδηγούνται κατευθείαν στο σφαγείο αφού  ο άνθρωπος τα χρησιμοποιήσει και τα "αχρηστέψει". Δείτε το βίντεο. Στο μέλλον θα μιλήσουμε και για τις αρνητικές επιπτώσεις που έχουν τα γαλακτοκομικά στην ανθρώπινη υγεία. Προς το παρόν όμως, αυτό που μας νοιάζει είναι η απόλυτη αδικία και η ακραία βία που εφαρμόζεται στα εργοστάσια της γαλακτοβιομηχανίας. ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ: Το βίντεο περιέχει βίαιες (αλλα ΠΟΛΥ αληθινές) εικόνες. Go Vegan!

Listening to: In My Eyes 'The Difference Between'