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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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Well thank you for telling me I won an award for not being all tacky as hell on the internet. I don't live in The South, I live in the Pacific Northwest, specifically Idaho. I personally wouldn't take the chance of messing with someone's letters because it is
not that deep and I guess I'd rather just let someone have a $1.99 sticker they paid for than mess with someone else's property. I could make a generalization about how people from where you're from aren't raised right with good home training, but there are enough classy people from The South on GC to offset one person who can't respect other people's property, even if they feel ownership over letters someone is using that they have no idea about the meaning behind.
Tacky is as tacky does.
I honestly don't understand the issues with the outrage over wanna-bes. I mean if someone wants to perp Alpha Gam that just means we're the hotness and they're not and will never be. It isn't worth causing a scene or having criminal charges brought. I swear it is like that episode of "The Office" where Andy freaks out because Dwight is wearing Cornell stuff. Maybe I should start going off on people who wear Idaho gear if they can't prove their dates of attendance. Oh wait, I live in Idaho, if I messed with someone's property I'd get shot.