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'Brokeback' Initiation: Fraternity Members Face Hazing Fines...
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| 5/10/06
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Posted on 05/10/2006 1:12:02 PM PDT by andrew2527
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To: Republican Wildcat
"some fraternities make them go the full brokeback"
Pretty much a myth, I think.
At MIT, it was something upwards of 80% greek. There was no place (reasonably priced and non-dorm) to live, otherwise.
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posted on
05/10/2006 1:30:55 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: andrew2527
How terrible! Homophobic insults! That's against the law, isn't it?
To: cyberaxe
I have never been to a frat initiation. I am a shell-back, though. And I know that initiation would be cause for a firing squad, now.
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posted on
05/10/2006 1:33:03 PM PDT
by
quikdrw
(Life is tough....it's even tougher if you are stupid.)
To: andrew2527
Why do these fraternities have so many homo overtones?
Lots of closeted rich guys?
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posted on
05/10/2006 1:34:24 PM PDT
by
Palladin
("Governor Lynn Swann."...it has a nice ring to it!)
To: andrew2527
We have a great thing called "Freedom of Assembly" in this country. Except when we don't.
In those cases, we have the state dictating to willing parties that they are not allowed to pursue their own private interests.
To: andrew2527
FIJI was banned at Cornell just before I arrived.
A 'fun loving bunch' for sure.
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posted on
05/10/2006 1:37:47 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
To: battlegearboat
...as he adjusted his Gucci Sam Brown belt and wiped maple syrup off of his bejeweled badge. -thats not nice...
ROTFLMAO
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posted on
05/10/2006 1:37:52 PM PDT
by
DBeers
(†)
To: ozoneliar
phobic: (old definition) suffering from irrational fears
phobic: (new definition) expressing insufficient zeal while expressing total support.
Joe was expelled from the university for homophobia because he stopped clapping too soon at the end of the gay pride parade.
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posted on
05/10/2006 1:41:04 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Never ask a Kennedy if he'll have another drink. It's nobody's business how much he's had already.)
To: quikdrw
The Navy stopped that particular initiation, re-instuted a Bowdlerized version, and (I am told, although I'd love to hear from a current sailor) then stopped even that. Pity. I can't think of a better way to spend a day than crawling through garbage stem to stern with guys whipping on you with firehoses. And then there was the Royal Baby...
To: quikdrw
.....it's been a long time ago.....
.....but it never seemed more than just "harmless" humor.....
.....yep, I was scared to death at the time.....
.....but after it was over.....
.....we all could'nt wait to "haze" the next pledges.....
.....and as far as making fun of homos.....
.....heck, we made fun of everybody!.....
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posted on
05/10/2006 1:42:34 PM PDT
by
cyberaxe
(((.....does this mean I'm kewl now?.....)))
To: finnman69
When I was at U of M, a frat {I forget which one) was banned after a pledge was shot in the genitals by a BB gun during some sick initiation.
To: Paloma_55
"When they say "homophobic" does that mean they expressed an irrational fear, or is this word now just another way to say "they were really really mean and scary!" ???" No, silly. Homophobic is a fear of words that sound the same but are spelled differently.
To: andrew2527
Crimethinkers! Doubleplusquick, send them to joycamp until they think blackwhite!
To: andrew2527
"These boys just need to visit New Hampshire to try the johnnycakes." - Vito
To: andrew2527
"stemmed from a March 2 party at the Phi Gamma Delta house"Delta house?
To: andrew2527
I read this thinking, this was a crime? Gees, this is such bulloney!
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posted on
05/10/2006 2:01:54 PM PDT
by
Halls
(One Proud Texas Momma!!)
To: andrew2527
>>
...forcing freshman players to drink warm beer until they vomited and march in an "elephant walk" while holding each other's genitals. Video at 6:00 and 11:00.
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posted on
05/10/2006 2:15:59 PM PDT
by
T'wit
(Our top bioethicists: 5)Ludwig Minelli 4)nuclear war 3)Ted Bundy 2)Margaret Sanger 1)Eric Pianka.)
To: PBRSTREETGANG
Thanks for the reminder. I never thought I would be glad to see Sopranos end. IMO and that of many others who watch it, they went too far. All the comment I hear sounded similar to mine.
"Nooooooooo not the Sopranos!!" The subject was never needed in the first place. They totally took it too far and lost a big part of their audience.
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posted on
05/10/2006 2:16:32 PM PDT
by
gidget7
(PC is the huge rock, behind which lies hide!)
To: andrew2527
... making pledges wear cowboy clothes and suffer homophobic insults...Whew. Well, that's nothing. When I read the headline I thought... well.. you know.
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posted on
05/10/2006 2:16:41 PM PDT
by
wizardoz
To: quikdrw
I am a shell-back, though.Me too! But ours was pretty mild as it was a submarine tender with women aboard.
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posted on
05/10/2006 2:18:39 PM PDT
by
wizardoz
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