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Originally posted by PhoenixAzul
Hazing ritual is probably better termed "ritualized hazing", meaning that the hazing has no ties to your ritual, but through reproduction, it has been ceremonialized to the point where members believe it to be part of it., thus continuing the cycle.
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yeah, i think that is a better description. unfortunately, independents hear a fraternity or sorority member talk about the Ritual of their group as being lifechanging etc and they will think immediately of hazing because of statements like those from the KA member. our Ritual (the ceremony) dictates what our group stands for, sometimes in an abstract form. but when we go through it and take a pledge to our org, we are saying we will uphold the values and actions deamed appropriate by our individual organization. thus we should take our Ritual with us everyday and it should become our daily ritual (actions, activities, etc). this understood, there should not be ritualized hazing or "hazing rituals" in any of our chapters. in a perfect world i guess. unfortunately many greeks do not know or understand their ritual enough to be able to know what they are supossed to be standing for and what they are pledging themselves too. honestly i think more education in chapters, with each member, about this kind of stuff and more peer accountability would almost completely eliminate hazing in greek life. we afre lucky we have these values and Ritual to base ourselves on. sports teams, etc do not and that is what sets us apart from them, makes our hazing different-there is more of a reason to eliminate it other than it is illegal and dangerous, and that is tradition and Rital/ritual.
sorry about the long post. this isa topic i feel very strongly about. education is key.