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Originally posted by 12dn94dst
being in posession of a paddle is considered hazing? or the idea of making a paddle for a big/little sister/brother is considered hazing
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I think it is more what the paddle itself represents or "suggests"...
i.e. the practice of "yester-year" of people being whacked with it.
Obviously, to whack people with it today is a definite no-no, but 50 years ago, I am sure that it was
open-season on the new members (not that Nationals would allow hazing, but I think in the "olden days", more renegade chapters got away with this practice)
So, the paddle would presumably remind people today of this (shameful) past practice which is absolutely not permissible today.....and for those who are ill informed (such as MTV), they would probably look at the paddles and jump to the erroneous conclusion that whacking still goes on today and that it is commonplace and accepted.