SilverTurtle,

I can see your point, to find the definition of FRAT we could ask a non-greek, but then their argument is one sided, but then again, I suppose ours is too.

Q-T-PIE,

I think you are right, the media can be a big influence over the public, and they definatly have a tendency to over exagerate our party life. I believe that the media is a big part of why fraternities and sororities are looked upon the way they are. I think that the actual word fraternity is looked at much more highly once actually initiated into the fraternity. It means more to the person. It's not just a brotherhood anymore, it's their brotherhood that they are a part of. They studied about it, they helped with community service, they were on the inside. I think that it's meaning is much higher once you are a member, that is why it seems so much more of an insult to call it a frat to a fraternity brother. I think that is really what it boils down to. It's a bond that nobody will ever understand until they have actually experienced it.

Mgdzkm433
I definitely see your point now. I guess I never really thought that much in to it, but I can now understand how frat can be offensive.

Allison



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with BGLO the word frat is a term of of endearment (where have u heard this before)
amongst members. So as if your a sigma such as my self, endearingly i might say "Frat let's go blase blase". NOw other greeks can't call u frat becuz your not members of the same org.