"I wish there was a word we could use to call NPC, IFC, NPHC, and non-umbrella-ed organizations similar to those. "
I apologize if you felt insulted by a proposition for a term that connects those said organizations. That is all I meant by my post, nothing more. For clarification, I was referring to a term that could unify those organizations that are selective, that "one has to be invited to join on intangible merits" as 33girl said, and that forbid membership in other like organizations, whether social or service oriented in nature, or a mixture of the two.
Obviously, the term "social" is not palatable to some members of NPHC organizations, and "service" also has a different connotation.
Again, the statements "social" and "service" are only meant to categorize those organizations on the criteria that I mentioned above, not my personal opinion on whether you are service organizations or not.
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Originally posted by 12dn94dst
For someone who is NOT A MEMBER of an NPHC group to tell members of NPHC groups that we are not service organizations is pretty damn bold. To say, in essence, that we don't know what our own purposes & missions are, is flat out INSULTING. If you PERSONALLY don't think we're service organizations, you're entitled to that OPINION but realize that your opinion is not fact.
Getting back to the topic @ hand, I do consider members of groups like KKPsi, TBS, APO, GSS, Phi Mu Alpha, etc. greek, but not in the same vein as NPHC, NPC or IFC groups for many of the same reasons Delta_theta stated. Like Delta_theta, I do not look down on them (or anyone) based on their membership choice nor do I try to disuade members of those orgs from calling themselves greek if they choose to.
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