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Originally Posted by southernsugar
I certainly didn't say what I did was right, just that I understood being overprotective of letters. And I didn't damage her car in taking them off "ripping" them off may be an overstatement. I removed them. And yes, I was very certain it was still her and only her car at the time. I'll admit to it being out of line. A lot of us knew her really well and were really upset about her actions.
And really, no I don't see it as being more shameful. If someone asked me what I was doing then, I'd be honest about it. Honestly, stealing letters is somewhat identity fraud. She is claiming a relationship to me that she does not have, and I didn't want anybody to confuse that fact. If I had walked by and done nothing, those watching may assume that she is part of my GLO or that I simply don't care about the reputation of my letters. Maybe I have misplaced some of my value judgement about my letters, but I doubt it.
It was immature, welcome to college. I'm so glad everyone else seems to be soooooo above it. Congrats if you are, you win a better-than-me personal presentation on the internet award.
At best, I didn't handle the situation in the best way. But it cant' be said she had a right to those letters, and as we have the obligation to take back stuff with letters or ritual (pins) from depinned members, I figured we should probably take off the stuff from a nonmember. Didn't really know whose job it was to do that, so I took it into my own hands.
Also, as per the name, it was what I thought of on the fly. Sorry I'm not very creative or up to some other southern woman's standards. It's a message board darling, I'm not introducing myself in the street as "southern sugar". I am very south-of-the-mason-dixie line, it's the culture that I understand and an identifying mark. I enjoyed the alliteration and simply how it rolled off the tongue. Plus, i have an aversion to numbers in screen names as they're just not aesthetically pleasing. And hard to get in the right order sometimes.
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Exactly, DARLING. You are bringing a bad name to the "Southern" culture you claim to understand so well. And, no, your asinine ideas on how your group's letters somehow BELONG to you and GIVE you the right to bother others property in your group's name DO NOT meet the standards of the Southern women on here.
One last thing, DARLING. You're right it IS just a message board. Keep sticking your foot in your mouth trying to defend your stupid actions... I'll keep reading and being appalled at your lack of common sense -- just like your nationals are probably doing on here, too. It's just a message board -- that happens to be quite well known by national officers of most of these groups.