I despise assh8les who think hazing is ok. One of the reasons I abhor fraternities. And I don’t get the hazing that occurs at our military academies. Can’t people act like adults?
“And I don’t get the hazing that occurs at our military academies”
Then you do not understand the purpose of this in a military environment. Granted, it should never get to the point of physical injury (that is the definition of hazing, in my opinion), but there is a specific military training purpose for what is done at the military academies, or at least there used to be.
I can’t speak for the rituals, hazing or otherwise in civilian fraternity environments. In the workplace it does allow you a way to gauge the temperament of a new employee - especially when you may have to count on that employee in a life/death safety situation - so it’s not necessarily a bad thing in some situations - again, not to the point of physical harm.
Well, it’s like anything else, a small percentage of idiots ruin it for thevrest of us. My fraternity hell week was actually pretty fun, and only really involved partying pretty hard (but nothing forced to the point of danger) and some mild, but funny & good natured, public humiliation. Of course, I pledged to a frat with smart & cool guys, not retard bohunks.