my goodness, no. the whittling chip is a right of passage for *bear* scouts. are you in a pack in which tearing corners off the chip for transgressions, and forcing the scout to re-earn it when four corners are gone is considered 'hazing'? i'd like to have back all of the hours i've spent listening to adults debate the merits and ills of corner-tearing.
As far as I know, our Bear Cubs (Pat was one last year) are threatened with corner-tearing. However, I don’t know if it’s ever happened to any of them.