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Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
I don't see a problem with owning/collecting badges.
If it's not yours, you probably don't understand it. If you've somehow gotten into posession of a ritual book that explains it, you still don't understand it.
I'd rather someone who was a member of that GLO have posession of it, but nobody put me in charge.
I especially don't see the problem with me owning/collecting my own badge. I know and understand the meaning behind it. It has special meaning and beauty to me.
And from a purely vain point of view, I could easily see having been initiated with mom's gold Alpha Phi pin and then getting my own white gold badge later. What, am I going to get rid of mom's badge just because I don't wear yellow gold?
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I don't think anyone is questioning owning multiple of your own badge. One of our ASA advisors upgraded her badge and they told her to keep her old one unless she wanted to donate it to archives. Plus, I'm sure most groups would rather see one sister with a thousand badges, then a non-member with a badge.
The issue at hand is if you think it's OK to have badges from other groups.
I would prefer others not to have ASA badges, but since they don't know what it means, it's just an odd shaped diamond to them.
