[Kevin]

I'd agree with what you said Aephi... However, as with NPC and NIC groups you have a few bad apples that can spoil the barrel (the barrel being the way that outside groups view us).

The majority of us view locals that we are not familiar with as outsiders and therefore automatically will associate any local stereotypes in order to draw a picture of what we THINK you're like.

It's a tough boat to be in. With no central command structure and no shared set of rules each and every one of your local groups are ambassadors for eachother. The local group at my campus is going to be the way I see most other local groups. That's where I think people go wrong many times.

LHT
Kevin