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I am not makng allegations but merely pointing out a fact. The idea that to lose one's innocence is somehow something "terrible" is very prevalent in today's society and most major religions. It is this desire to protect innocence that is at the heart of the anti-hazing lobby whether those involved realise it or not. This desire is often subconscious and stems from years of religious and societal moral programming. The very fact tht you use the term allegation means that you are afraid of this accusation when really you should be standing up to outside pressure.
The problem that we have here is that colleges and universities are designed to destroy ignorance which is the opposite of knowledge and innocence which is the opposite of wisdom. If you study history you will find that it is full of people who want to stop this process and if you let them get too involved in Greek politics they will try and water down the system. You will always find these people standing up and shouting about the arts and sciences, especially religious and "politically correct" people.
So what is the point of hazing? A long time ago adepts realised that those who were likely to go to college and university tended to come from a more sheltered background. These sheltered youngsters were very innocent because they had not received the kind of hard knocks and lessons that life doles out. Basically many had not come up against the destructive forces of nature or the dark side of human nature. The institution of hazing was introduced in order to cause these youngsters to have to meet this dark side face to face. It is important for those who will play a key role in society to have witnessed human cruelty full on in order to better know themselves and others. Initially these systems were only introduced to form the future elite but eventually other copy cat fraternities were born and this developed into what is known today as the Greek system. Hazing destroys a certain innocence within the individual which is why some feeble individuals find it so traumatizing. We must not however allow the weak to dictate to the strong in this case as we are talking about the development of wisdom and knowledge and even statecraft.
Kind Regards,
William
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