Name: Sikubali

Age: 23

Location: Vienna

How long are you sober ?

Kind a all my life... i was never drunk/ took other drugs... i was drinking like some alcohol but never too much that i got drunk... 

Why did you decide to be straight edge ?
cause i realized that my friends - who were drinking with me sometimes - started to drink like a mixture of beer and coke after school and i thought: "i don't wanna end up being addicted to that stuff..." so i stopped drinking at all 

How long are you vegan ?
It was kind a process... i started in 2009 being vegan@ home and vegetarian outside (i was vegetarian since i am 15/16)... but straight vegan since february 2010... 

Why are you vegan ?
i stopped eating meat for several reasons - i didn't wanna be a murderer, didn't wanna harm the environment, didn't like the taste so much... then i realized through being vegetarian i was still causing a lot of pain and harm and i was talking several times with "albino" a vegan MC... then i was in kenya for 4 months and at the end of my trip there was no running water in nairobi - (at least in those parts who were not "white" & rich...) so i stopped consuming animal products at all. 

What do you think about „edge breaking“ ?
Well i sometimes think: damn it would be so easy just to drink like stupid, forget about everything and just don't care. but i can't! i think i am too far in this "edge" stuff... (also i was living like "edge" before knowing what it is...) 

What's your opinion about D.I.Y. ?
Nice but get a crew - and do it together. 

Do you show that you are vegan edge ? Do you x'up or have edge tattoos?
There is no need to show off, i guess... though i have a shirt with a guy who has an X on his hand :-D 

Do you play in a band ? Is the band vegan edge ?
Well i do some hip hop / rap stuff ;-) solo and together with mc escape "renitenz". i am xvx and he's like "vegetarian straight edge" 

What's about your local scene ? Many vegan edge people around ? Many shows (common and vegan edge)?
I don't care a lot about this scene stuff - if my friends are straight edge it's cool if not i also like em as they are :D 

What do you think about violant dancing ? Do you practice it ? 
nope. don't like it
  
What are your 3 favourite bands ?
hard to say... amewu, akua naru & dead prez 

Do you watch TV ? What do you think about it ?
i don't watch it - brainwash and no time :D 

What do you think about the qoute „Straight Edge is politics“ ?
well straight edge is for me consciousness. i like that. and everything or nothing is politics... 

What do you think about the hardline movement ?
everyone should do what she_he wants to do. 

What do you think about pro-choice and pro-life
well... good question! it's too complex to answer within 10 sentences... 

What do you think about religions ?
i don't like the idea of leading without thinking... 

Any shout outs ? Things to check out ?
stay true to your self. that's the most important thing!