shadokat,
That is mostly true. However, we do not shed a bad light on our Nationals in a public way. If we do ever lose the self discipline as a Chapter and cause our National Fraternity to be criticized, then we will pay and justly so. Yes, we are taking liberties that some might say we should not. Are we being pompous and arrogant in our ways? Maybe. Are we putting our Chapters' charter at risk? Definitely. Are we putting our National Fraternity at risk? No. Are we risking the possibility that there could be bad publicity shed on the National at some point in the future? Yes. Where does that leave us? Its a matter of your perspective. If we followed the letter of the rules and the hazing laws, our chapter would cease too exist.
All of this no hazing, dry house, third party servers bullsh*t is a product of insurance companies. I believe that a few Fraternities nationals truly try to in-force the no hazing rules to the letter, mine does not. While by the letter it is against the rules, it goes with a wink. Also, by the letter of the law, it is illegal. It is also illegal, by the letter of the law, to have oral sex in the State of Georgia and to wear one pant leg inside your boot in the State of Texas if you don't own a 100,000 head of cattle. It is pretty much a Blue law, until you screw up and hurt someone. The solution in our case is to never place a pledge in harms way. Of course, our pledges don't know this. Our pledge program is very regimented. It is scripted too the letter. There is NEVER any freelancing.
Anyway, the bottom line is that we do take liberties that many would say are not ours too take. We do understand the risk. We accept the risk to preserve our ways. The reason is simple, the reward outweighs the risk. The level of commitment to Brotherhood in my Chapter is unparalleled in anything that I have ever seen.
Do you know the difference between involvement and commitment? It is a parallel relationship to a ham and egg breakfast. The chicken was involved.......................................... ...the pig was committed.
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