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Originally Posted by jon1856
Just what are you trying to get at with all of these "hypotheticals"?
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Originally Posted by EE-BO
Back to the detailed discussion- aeBOT, how does what your professor told you change- if at all- if the encounter between pledges not drinking and actives drinking takes place in the house versus in a public venue- like a bar-
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This is getting to it. I took the specific words of aeBOT's post to my lawyer friends to get their opinion. IF the point of law holds that the mere presence of alcohol is hazing, then the distance of alcohol, regardless of other laws pursuant to it's consumption, from the pledges is now the only question for the court to determine.
This is what I want to know from aeBOT's professor. Remember, in court, one can keep the laws of legal alcohol possession, distribution and consumption completely separate from the laws of hazing.
I just want to know where the legal line is right now. Do I think it was stupid to provide alcohol or make it available to the pledges, You Bet. Do I think it was stupid for the chapter to have alcohol in the house at the time, maybe. Do I think there is room in chapter RM policies for the legal posession and consumption of alcohol by members of legal age in a chapter house, Yes.