the fact that these so-called intelligent people voluntarily subjected themselves to this treatment speaks volumes about the state of higher education today
Oh boy, you’re about to piss off every Chief Petty Officer and Sailor on these boards. We went through things like this. Chief’s Initiation, Shellback, Bluenose and a couple more. We aren’t stupid. It was about Esprit De’ Corps. Something most Americans no NOTHING about these days. We definitely had your type of folks who didn’t want to play ball. We stuck ‘em in a room by themselves and told them to stay put. After it was all over, several of them had remorse about not participating. Their relationships with those who did participate changed. They weren’t one of “us” anymore.