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Originally posted by RoseRed
First of all I would especially like to thank Shelacious and DeltAlum for their constructive comments. The posts that at least pretended to see my viewpoint rather than simply flaming me (which I guess is easier for some people to do) are the ones that helped and made me reconsider my opinions. While I still feel that it's wrong I guess that doesn't really matter as much so long as no one gets hurt. I will simply remove myself from any situations that I may feel are offensive. Shelacious' post was particuarly effective because she mentioned what she would have done in a similar situation . . . in my opinon (no matter how little it means to some of you people) those type of posts are what helps to make GC such a wonderful (for the most part) environment to ask questions and gain advice. She may not have agreed with me, but she took into account where I was coming from and responded with her reactions and CONSTRUCTIVE criticisms. I have read all of the posts and would like to thank the THOUGHFUL contributors (as opposed to people who simply flipped out on me). I'm sure that everything will be fine, all concerned will wind up happy in the end. So, thanks again . . .
~RoseRed
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You stated constructive criticisms, you got that. When you post something like this, you can't truly expect to have everyone be in agreement, certainly not with a topic such as hazing, that's a given, there are different sides that people take for different reasons. I also think that many ppl were thoughtful and not flaming but you may have overlooked that? Who knows, my comment about the studies was just that, there are many other things in our college lives to be worrying about, there's enough stress involved already, no matter how well any/all of us might be doing in our studies, schoolwork, and relating to others in our social life.
In all, you did ask in the topic of the thread if you were being oversensitive, that right there can open up the thread to criticism, just a thought.
I'm not even going to go into hazing laws, how this and that is illegal for this and that reason. And i'm not going to recite what insurance groups claim which activity is or is not hazing. I feel that it has gone way out of control now, and I feel sorry for those that have to abide from what I will assume will be ever more severe restrictions say ten or twenty years from now. Assuming that greek life is still operating at the level it is now. There are only so many things that you can restrict before it becomes too overwhelming to continue the activity that is being restricted.