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Originally Posted by Taualumna
The beer may be down, but there still might be alcohol in the picture. In fact, it might not even be in your place setting.
Maybe I was brought up with a different outlook on alcohol. Alcohol was and still is considered a "grown up" drink in my family, but it was never condemned or considered a bad thing. I watched my parents drink wine at dinner and I was given a wine glass with grape juice or apple juice so I could be "just like the grown ups." When I turned 19 (the legal drinking age here), the juice was replaced with the real thing. My official 19th birthday was wine and dinner with my family. I don't understand why other people weren't brought up the same way. Maybe if people thought about things this way, we'd have fewer problems.
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That's nice and all, but the rest of the world DOESN'T revolve around your family. I used to think it would solve all of the world's problems as well until I started hanging out with European students. I don't know anyone else who can get so completely plastered and start again at 8 in the morning. Binge drinking isn't a US problem. Nor is drinking underage. But both are huge problems for greek organizations.
There is a REASON the code of standards states that alcohol cannot be associated with our letters. Too many bad eggs ruined it for the rest of us. Greeks have a hard time dealing with the constant onslaught of negative publicity for binge drinking and underage drinking as it is. It does not help to be drinking in your letters.
Blanket rules in schools, clubs, greek organizations, etc. are there for a reason. No one can wiggle their way out, that way. Better safe than sorry.
There are bigger things in the world to get upset about. If it is THAT important for alcohol to be prominent in your life that you can't just keep some pictures on your bulletin board or coffee table, then you are not in a healthy place mentally. I don't care where you're from or who you are, it is a VERY small thing to ask that you not put alcoholic photographs on facebook. If you can't handle it, maybe you don't need to be a part of ANY organization or team. Part of teamwork is making small compromises and sacrifices so that the individuals can work as a group.