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I don't agree with hazing in the way that most people define it (you know, physically dangerous activities or things that might give people a complex a mile wide), but I think the hazing paranoia is out of control. I wouldn't mind being led blindfolded to a bonfire...what harm is there in that? (Except for the fact that I'm afraid of the dark.) The semester I pledged, we had a scavenger hunt to find out who our bigs were, and they left notes for us to find all over campus that led us to the middle of the quad where all our bigs were waiting with gifts. I had a blast doing it, but we had to stop it this year because it's considered "hazing." Now, in my opinion, that's a little ridiculous. It seems that nowadays everything is construed as hazing! During my dad's pledging days, he and his pledge brothers were blindfolded and driven 30 miles from their university by the actives and dropped off...to find their way back on foot. And that's the most innocent thing they did. Now THAT is hazing, you all. Scavenger hunts, bonfires, etc. are not hazing, in my book. So to answer your question, no, not all hazing is bad, if we define hazing by these new overly-sensitive rules.
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