[lovelyivy84]

Originally posted by the411
Can we all jess get along! Huh? Can't we?

I feel you, but I don't think the THREAD is silly. After all, this is a free speech venue and as moderators, we don't want people to feel like they can't say what's on their minds.

The thread definitely started out as fun and funny. No question of that. But this thread has just gone all over the place! Did you read the post by True Zeta? I mean, wow.


As you go through older posts, you'll see that a lot of us (from all orgs) have established some tight cyber bonds over the last 1+ years. We know how far we can go with each other as it relates to our orgs. But, when some new members drop in and pick up on the tail end of something we let go MONTHS ago, things that were initially meant in innocent fun and rivalry get miscontrued and blown way outta proportion...which leads to offensive and defensive responses.

Agreed.


Again, I fully understand your sentiments, but if you look at the dates of the posts and the people posting them, you'll see that the issue was squashed and settled quite some time ago.

I wasn't responding to any older posts because I viewed all that as done. I was responding to Luvly, whose post popped up on my new posts screen, and whose passion on this subject sincerely surprised me.

Really.


I thought we'd all agreed, over 20 posts ago, that each chapter is different depending on the campus, and that not all folks acknowledge the traditional/historical bonds of their orgs. That being said (yet again), there is really no need to argue the validity of any connection between two chapters of BGLOs.

Can't argue with that a'tall



Now, since we do promote and welcome free speech here, no one's gonna censor what anyone has to say. But, by allowing free speech, we also have to accept that people are going to continue to share their thoughts about the subject... which may make the drama escalate all over again. So, with that in mind, we all have two choices regarding topics that we deem silly or ridiculous:
1. Be Out in this forum with the bruhs (and continue to express yourself)

OR
2. Be UP out of the forum (if you think what others say is too silly or offensive)



Now I never tried to curtail anyone's free speech, nor did I say that anyone shoud not express how they feel. But when someone expresses their feelings and I have a thought or question on it I am likely to respond in kind.

I don't know why I would have to leave the forum. As I said, I was not in the slightest offended by what was said. My whole post was just meant to point out that past some of the historical bonds, the affiliations vary from campus to campus and social scene to social scene. And that getting upset over that was silly. Yes I said it, silly.

I did not say that the starter or the intent of the thread was silly, but really the behavior by some supposedly grown folks has just startled me. Are we really that mad about this issue? relax, relate, release!