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Peace Love Unity Respect, commonly shortened with PLUR, is a credo or mantra of the rave culture. Many in the rave scene[who?] have heard this term at some time or another, although its common usage is relatively recent. Early 1990s and mid-1980s ravers often followed similar principles as did the original hippie generation, but did not use this coinage to describe their beliefs.[citation needed] It may be interpreted as the way that a raver believes he or she should live his or her life, and how people are expected to behave at a rave. This philosophy of the rave culture theoretically takes precedence over any chemical aspects of the rave scene.
PLUR can also be viewed as a more mainstream variant of its predecessor, PLE (Peace, Love, Ecstasy), because it removes the drug reference. PLE was mainly used in Europe in the early 1990s, when the rave scene became a youth subculture.[citation needed]
PLUR can find its roots in the mid '80s. There are several versions on the origin of the acronym and the adding of "Respect" to the "PLU" http://www.jojoelectro.com/index.php?option=com_lyftenbloggie&view=entry&year=2011&month=03&day=23&id=10%3Afrankie-bones-a-the-history-of-plur-the-story-of-he-rave-scene&Itemid=119