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There are many reasons for secrecy, most of which have been mentioned already. But there is one way to look at it that was explained to me that i really liked. My fraternity has a lot of secrets, a couple big, most small. For the most part they come from tradition which is very important to us. But on the issue of secrecy one of my alumni mentioned this to me. A lot of the stuff we don't share is secret because of what it means to us. He compared it to any other family. There will be things, family secrets if you will, that you only share within the family. It strengthens the bond between the members, and makes it seem that you are part of something unique that only you and your brothers have. I know know personally that I know secrets from various organizations, including most of an initiation I discovered by accident. While I did like some of what I learned, it didn't have the meaning to me as my own secrets were.
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