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Originally posted by carnation:
Secrecy has absolutely nothing to do with hazing. Secrecy=tradition. Any non-Greek who is threatened by our "secrets" or any part of our heritage has got to be some uneducated loser because if he's not part of the Greek world, why should he care what we do?
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I didn't say secrecy had anything to do with hazing. I simply pointed out that both are/were counter productive practices that ought not to be continued. Still, you have to admit that being a secret organisation makes it look (at least to ignorant prospective Rushes such as I was) as if you possibly have something negative to hide. Hence the negative effect on PR. I learned when I joined Delta Upsilon that most other GLO's are in fact not as bad as they are made out to be by the public. Had I known that earlier I may have joined a Fraternity much sooner. Still, I'm proud to say that I can share my Fraternity's beliefs with others.