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Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 2240647)

Ouch. I missed that.

And I have say, I also missed the rest of that sentence as well: "We, as young college students, did not grasp the full scoop of the tragedy and it's long lasting effects."

Perhaps they'll take advantage of their time at college to learn some history.

And is it really too much to ask that college students know the difference between "it's" and "its"? I guess it is when too many lawyers don't seem to know the difference.

Has anyone in this thread suggested anything like yanking their recognition? If they did, I missed it.

The problem I have is when people throw out the "freedom of speech" mantra as though it means "freedom from criticism." No doubt the chapter has freedom of speech, and I'd be the first to say that schools, especially public schools, shouldn't be in the business of censoring or punishing students for their speech. But that hardly means that the rest of us can't call something stupid and tasteless when it is.

The LSU DKEs are free to say idiotic things and we are free to call them idiots. Everybody wins!

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Originally Posted by WestcoastWonder (Post 2240487)

Honestly, this wasn't even the worst sign they've made. They've made signs making light of the Casey Anthony case, the Aurora movie theater shooting and the Sandusky incident.

DKE at LSU really just doesn't give a ****

Here are a few specifics of past signs:

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
Members of LSU's Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity are facing possible punishment after posting a banner mocking the 1970 Kent State University massacre.

The fraternity did write an apology to KSU indicating its actions were a poor attempt at humor. Students said the group has always hung questionable banners.

The previous weekend when LSU played the University of Alabama - Birmingham, the fraternity hung a banner making light of the chemical gas attack in Syria. That banner read, "LSU vs. UAB It's gonna be a gas. Syriasly."

Last year, there was a sign that read: "Like the Batman premiere, we're starting off with a bang!" The sign referred to the shooting at a Colorado movie theater where 12 people were killed.

In 2011, following the trial of a Florida woman acquitted of murdering her child, there was a sign hung from the fraternity house that read: "The only winner from Florida is Casey Anthony."

Monday, officials with the university issued the following statement:
"LSU certainly does not condone this insensitive behavior and poor judgment by the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. LSU officials have spoken with the fraternity and believe that the students now understand the gravity of their actions. The students have issued a formal apology to Kent State University. LSU is also working with local and national DKE leaders in an effort to prevent this type of behavior in the future."

http://www.wafb.com/story/23450249/l...assacre-banner

Such a classy bunch! :rolleyes:

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"LSU vs. UAB It's gonna be a gas. Syriasly."

Holy f***. People who would say that aren't just stupid kids fooling around; those are bad human beings.

This DKE chapter at LSU has historic bad taste, along with the chapters at Ole Miss (inactive (yet again, wonder why?)), and Tulane (inactive). My being related to DKEs by blood should not be held against me, it wasn't my fault.

These are the kind of horribly bad taste (but quasi-smart) jokes that may have more of us than care to admit it rolling on the floor in private. Affixing it to your fraternity in very public, however, is a stupid.