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We have a similar issue with the exception that it's not a RULE that we cannot post the pictures. I would have no problem pointing out to EC that you can't use disciplinary action against something you just don't like. There has to be precedent. You could fight that battle if you want.
On the other hand, it IS a rule that we can't associate our letters with alcohol. The solution older girls gave in the past was to say that if you really feel strongly that you NEED to have your beer in the picture, then remove your letters from your facebook page and we'll call it even (IF you are of age of course). Obviously no one wants to remove their affiliation just to put up booze pictures, so that took care of the problem.
Here's what I would say...I'm 21. There's only one picture of me on the internet with an alcoholic drink in my hand (one that can be definitely identified as such anyway) and that was an accident. I'm not tagged in it. This isn't because I don't go out...I do that a lot. But it's because I don't want to advertise stuff that I know some people (namely future employers) find offensive, even though it's legal and not offensive to me. It's my right to drink now, but no one is taking that from me by asking me not to post photographic proof of it. I don't want to anyway. Look at it that way. They may just be doing you a favor, in the long run.
Another solution is, if you KNOW you're going to be somewhere where there are cameras AND alcohol is to order drinks in plastic cups and remove the straw. It's not so blatantly alcohol that way.
Or put down your drink when you take a picture!
PS-It's not an invasion of privacy. What you need to understand about the internet is that ANYONE can see it. Even if you make it private, you never know. Once you've posted it, it's out there. It's public. They didn't go through your diary or bust up into your apartment unannounced. Another thing to consider is that part of a sorority is having to lose a little privacy and to sacrifice a little for the greater good. My mom told me that when I joined and has been reminding me every time I get irritated since. She's right, though.
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