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Originally posted by ktsnake
Do you think that hazing is becoming frowned upon more because it's culturally obsolute or because it's too expensive in terms of insurance, lawsuits, etc. for our respective organizations to allow it to continue?
It doesn't seem like many organizations placed a very high priority on hazing when it was at its zenith 20+ years ago. I don't mean to be cynical, but could it be that the only reason we're even talking about this has nothing to do with the human tragedy, the danger, etc. and everything to do with the financial survival of our respective institutions?
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It's purely about money. Considering every time I go to a convention or panhellenic luncheon everyone is laughing uproariously about the "terrible" things they had to do when they pledged, I think a lot of this is lip service. I don't mean things like beating the crap out of someone - I am hoping most groups have wised up where that's concerned, although I'm sure there's some national officers out there who still believe "wood is good" - I mean silly things like getting your pledge book stolen and such.
Someone wah wahed because they had to ask the big bad fraternity man for a signature, so we can't do that anymore. Someone in one chapter was bitchy about giving out interviews, so we can't do that anymore. It all has to do with the complete abdication of personal responsibility that's overtaken this country. On my campus, there were groups that everyone knew hazed, and hazed hard. The general consensus was that the pledges were stupid to stick around and put up with it.