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In my opinion I think one can be pledged without their lives being put in danger. Since there are things both on the low and high end that are considered hazing, the line between hazing and pledging is blurry. A frat and I the other day had this very same discussion and after making the comment about all of us being one lawsuit away from bankruptcy he said that he thinks that one day although we may never do away with undergrad chapters there may come a day where grad chapter will be in total control of intake on both levels grad and undergrad. I kind of agree with this. What do folks think about above ground pledging being reinstated but with the intake being controlled by graduate chapters? The idea here is that older people may take more into account the consequences of their actions and think before endangering someone's life for the sake of "earning" their letters. Than there would be a mutually agreed upon (by both grad and undergrad) across the board pledge process that still embraces tradition, but void of the brutality and extreme hazing rituals. What are your thoughts on this?
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