Boethius in his "consolation of philosophy" remarks on the happiness of straight edge life, but doesn't use the term. that was in the fifth century a.d. those 1906 dudes were trying to stay sensible amidst the excesses of the Gilded Age in america, Minor Threat were repulsed by punk nihilism which really just turned out to be another shopping mall thrill (the nihilism I mean) and boethius was no doubt trying to stay simple in a world still polluted by the excesses of the roman/byzantine empire. i like that straight edge stuff- shows strength of character. ps. my grandmother rejected red meat as a teenager in the twenties and has never looked back, although she is strict catholic and never learned to drive much less go to college. she never knew what the gilded age was-- she was on the outskirts. i like your blog. good bye!