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Mr. Leonard was by all means joking, when he mentioned that. He said that he and Mike knew each other pretty well. He said it with a nice smirk. Great guy.
He said that his outlook on the history book that Peyser's version was too watered down.. History is history, I think he meant that Peyser was trying to play it safe, and didn't want to see how far he could push people with out bout upright upset. I haven't read the book YET so I am relying on other peoples opinions, but basically everyone says the same thing. I believe full disclosure is the way to go, otherwise interesting facts about the history of our organization would be lost forever, good or bad. When ever someone tells me about something they regret, I ask them two questions. One, if you knew then what you know now, would you have done things differently? Most people agree that they would, I do as well. The second is, if you had the option would you go back and change history? After an explanation of that principle they usually agree that they would not. If you don't believe that all things happen for a reason, you can at least believe that things happen based on past experiences and events. If Cole wouldn't have been expelled for whatever the actual reason was, it would be a whole different fraternity. Theory of evolution, one small change now however minuscule, 100 years from now could be seen as changing history.
My little rant on history. Its the largest problem i'm having, I cant find enough of it, with respect to my local chapter. We have had good times and bad, the bad have been bad, and the good have been good. It is understandable that you want to 'forget' about the past events but someone like me 20 30 40 50 years later might want to know about it. Historical paradox, you can only tell about what has been preserved through time. If no one will talk about it, or no ones alive to talk about it, it mind as well have never existed. Hoping I can dig up enough stuff myself while some people are still living with us.
I cant figure out why people get so upset about things that happened 100 years ago, it may look bad but what the hell are you going to do. I guess I just don't like not knowing things?
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