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To: Brown Deer
While it was nothing like this, the fraternity I was in tried to haze us. My pledge brothers and walked in to the exec board meeting, and said “You keep this up, and we will at best leave. You will go under if we do.” We won.

Never understood the sick tradition of this. But don't make yourself a victim.

14 posted on 04/10/2012 11:29:55 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum

Having a good weekend doing impossible physical challenges, where the pledges get slightly humiliated, I understand.

Why it’s allowed to turn into a freaky sado-masochistic horror show, I don’t understand.

The whole fraternity should be disbanded and those responsible for running should be expelled, with the mark on their scholastic record for other post-secondary institutions should be able to see.


17 posted on 04/10/2012 11:38:12 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: redgolum
There is good empirical social psychological research demonstrating that a hazing experience as the price of joining a membership group enhances the perceived value of that membership, and strength of subsequent loyalty. Human nature.

By defeating the hazing tradition you also opted out of much of what makes group membership worth working for in the first place. Sort of like joining a football team and then refusing to let yourself be blocked or tackled with the ball.

62 posted on 04/10/2012 7:14:18 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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