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my biggest concern with hazing is how broadly it is defined. it seems unfair to everyone involved that "a condition of membership" is the defintion of hazing. everything we do is a condition of membership. i think the real shame is that by grouping the petty acts with the serious hazing offences, we trivialize the really bad stuff. no matter how much we preach about non-hazing across the board, we all know there is a difference between chugging and forced calisthenics vs. wearing a pledge pin and doing a favor.
there seems like there should be a statement about the candidates' well-being; and serious physical and mental well-being, not the politically correct garbage the schools feed us about people not getting their feelings hurt.
i am completely against hazing, but i feel that cake pledging is unfair to the candidates because we are not preparing them for the challenges and prejudices they will face when they become initiated. we used to have a saying at my chapter, "the real hazing starts when you become a brother,"
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