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Originally posted by TriSigmaTX
First of all, It's Tri Sigma, not Tri Sig.....thanks.
Second of all, YOU ARE SO OFF BASE HERE. The issue we're discussing and trying to combat is hazing, not freedom of speech. If you'd like to go discuss freedom of speech start a new thread. If you'd like to discuss how to reduce negative campaining of Greek life and the reduction of hazing ads in America....then post here in this thread. We're discussing one simple Snapple ad that is detrimental to the future of your fraternity...and any other Greek organization out there. If just one parent saw that ad and decided, "no way, Johnny isn't going to pledge a fraternity", then Snapple has defeated us in a way we could have never predicted.
As you've stated....we all have freedom of speech, and here in this thread we choose to say, "DOWN WITH SNAPPLE". NO, I can't force cencorship, but I can ask Snapple to remove that ad....and so have THOUSANDS of Greeks all over the nation...and non Greeks as well.
p.s. Thanks to ALL of you that have PMed me....I love it! Keep calling and emailing Snapple.
p.s.s. good try
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Seriously, why don't you take your own advice and keep on calling and emailing Snapple and quit antagonizing FHwku simply because he does not hold the same opinion as you on this subject. Maybe he doesn't want to be part of the "we" or the "cause," in either case, it is his right and opinion to choose and say so on either stance.
Frankly, I do feel that it was a good try for him because he isn't backing down to you, and he shouldn't. Because he doesn't want to do something that you are so strongly trying to get everyone to do? Maybe he would rather focus on other things that are more important to him, like risk awareness and hazing seminars, workshops, informative meetings? Maybe he would rather spend his time talking to his chapter about hazing and the dangers it can/will pose instead of trying to get an ad shut down. Maybe he just stated an opinon in the beginning by saying he thought the ad was funny, and maybe that was all he wanted to say and that is as far as he wanted to get involved.
In yet another post you tell him to quit bitching and get up and call Snapple, maybe you should take your own advice there and quit bitching to him. If you truly want to get this ad removed and to have Snapple apologize publicly, maybe you should focus more on the resources you have for that venture instead of arguing back and fourth with a guy on a messageboard because he is opinionized in a manner that you do not agree with.
Maybe he just doesn't agree with you and that matter ends there, or maybe you don't agree with him because he thought the ad was funny.
Well you know what, I thought the ad was damn funny too. We are talking are talking about Snapple juice bottles.
I know I would personally try to focus on things that would actually make a difference in the hazing matter. Those would be some of the things I included in the above paragraph; seminars, workshops, meetings, awareness weeks, etc. To be honest, I look at the shutting down of this ad to be more of a "saving face" kind of thing for greeklife as opposed to actually winning a battle in the all evil hazing war. It is clear that with as many hazing incidents that we hear about today, not all greeks are aware, and not all greeks care to that extent, and not all greeks are trying to better the name of greeklife, and not all greeks are trying to abolish hazing. I'm not saying I'm an avid supporter of hazing, I'm saying that you should take a step back on this, and focus on your goal, rather than bash someone because they don't feel the same way you do.