[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by REE1993

"This petition is to ask the ABC Family channel to remove the show "Greek" from it's line-up."

You would think that the people writing the petition would use the proper grammar and spelling. The correct choice here is "its", not "it's".

"The show promotes false stereotypes concerning college Greek life and Greek organizations. They show Greek organizations condoning underage drinking, alcoholism, and promiscuity."

The show is just that - a show. It is entertainment. When watching television or movies, or reading books, we are expected to "suspend belief". Are we really to believe, for example, that every Emergency Room in the country have weekly tragedies such as failling helicopters, plane crashes, crashing triple decker porches?

"This is detrimental to those who participate in Greek organizations and the organizations themselves because it allows the public to believe that this is the true way in which these organizations operate. They also neglect to show the academic, philanthropic and fraternal aspects of these organizations, which is what the true purpose of real Greek organizations is."

If people do not want their view of Greeks to be marred by watching the show, they can choose not to watch it. Just because Desperate Housewives shows stay-at-home moms getting busy when their husbands are at work and plotting murders, does that mean that it is detrimental to all housewives, who might fear being stereotyped as a heartless slut? The true purpose of being a wife is to love and honor her husband and provide for the safety and well being of her family.
"We also ask that ABC Family remove the "virtual rush" program from it's website for the same reasons listed above. The questions asked through this program promote a false sense of true Greek recruitment to non-Greeks who may wish to join an organization in the future."

If you don't want to go to the site and participate, then don't. No one is forcing you or anyone else to visit. Television stations are owned by corporations. Corporations exist to provide a service or product (in this case, entertainment), and must advertise to a specific demographic to get the word out to the people they hope to attract to its product or service. It's called TARGETED MARKETING.

Come on, get over it all. An online petition does very little. It cannot hold up in court. There is no quick or accurate way to attest to the validity of each signateur, and to prove that a person has only signed once.

As far as bringing this to the government, have you ever heard of the right to freedom of speech? Sure you also have the right to petition but I can all but guarantee you that THIS endeavor will prove fruitless.

JUST DON'T WATCH IT. If you are worried about the show affecting your rush/recruitment, then do your best to demonstrate the positives. Let your GLO speak for itself.

One big fat WORD to everything you said