hazing and lack of concern for it
 

Ok before some of you attack me for sounding anti-whatever, i am a just expressing shock that many don't seem to think that it is wrong to hurt others. rule of thumb, if you don't want it done to you then why should it be ok to do it to someone else.

Set my mind at rest, becuase when i read about kids dying and kids being hurt by other kids just because they want to fit in and be a part of something, it really makes me sad and angry. Or is brotherhood just and excuse for ? and this is all worry not being anti anything.

Wow, Kevin. What's up with all the activity in your forum today?

please dont use names here. just needing a little clarification and maybe a little reassuring that the hazing is not as bad as it seems.

So how am I supposed to address the moderator of this forum?

Idiot.

ETA: ttbear has disabled his/her PM function. Idiot and coward. I call troll.

And apparently one named Kevin?

Either that or said person believes Kevin is a bad name to call someone. :p

The answer is "sir."

:D

ttbear, I've been a member of this board for a few years now. A moderator for a few less. I have a decent post count as it is, but if I felt compelled to comment on every single hazing story on this board, expressing my discontent every single time I read another "bad things happen at ___ college," I'd have a much, much higher post count.

At any rate, I'm not sure where you're coming from. What is your specific complaint here? That hazing happens?

Why are there so many random fake people on this forum? This is very confusing as a new member on here.

Honestly, what a lot of people consider hazing is really all just in fun and games. I mean if an organization was to fallow the true definition of what hazing is then it would seem likely they would drive a wedge between those people they wanted to recruit.

I looked up the state laws on hazing and honestly although organizations on my campus might be considered by Greeks as hazing their pledges, according to state law they really don't.

Although I have no idea why you treated the OP's post like it was worth responding to, this obervation from you is.

True, much of what is commonly considered hazing doesn't constitute hazing under state hazing laws. All that means is that the behavior in question can't lead to criminal prosecution by the state. The same behavior, though, might fall under university/college hazing policies or (for those of us not in locals) our national organization's hazing policies, not just deter criminal conduct.

There is no one "true definition of hazing." But for any given chapter, there are definitions that apply -- legal, institutional (college) and organizational (GLO). And you can almost always bet that the instutional and organizational definitions are going to be more expansive than the legal definition, because they are designed to limit the institution's and organization's potential liability.

hahaha, nice.