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Originally posted by kddani
You're saying two totally different things. First you say that the accusations are simply not true.
Then you say you weren' t there. So how do you know what's true and what's not?
Just because something is out of character for someone doesn't mean they can't do something bad. It happens every single day. Example- a boyfriend who you'd never think in a million years would cheat on you does.
I do hope for these girls' sakes it does turn out to be false. But don't make absolute statements when you yourself don't know for sure.
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It sounds like there was sufficient time to investigate and likely validate the facts(Dec-April), hence the filing of criminal charges.
At the highschool level, it's often the "good" kids, the popular kids, who are enthusiastic over initiating the hazing, and naturally, after it goes public, their friends and peers scream "unfair!", and attempt to downplay the seriousness of the abuse. "It just got out of hand", "it really wasn't that bad" etc.
Remember the notorious Powder Puff hazing in Glenbrook, Il; the majority of the seniors were the 'best' students, academically and athletically, yet they entertained a mob by beating and humiliating younger girls for ninety minutes and made them eat feces and paint thinner and animal guts, among other things. And what did the seniors say? "It wasn't that bad"
So, so much for stereotypes. Stranger yet was that it was revealed that the ritual had been occurring exactly like that since the early 90s. People hear about these things and there's a tendency to believe that females aren't capable of it, much less enthusiastic over the idea of abusing others to that degree.