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I've noticed that the sigmas on this board are upset about the reactions and comment that people have made. Well, unfortunately, you had better get used to it because this is only the beginning, believe me. I'm sorry, but when you make a choice to be publicly displayed, you have lost your rights to privacy. You sday, "oh, but that's not fair, you're judging us..." I'm sorry, but tough. I"m sure that with all of your deliberations and advice, it must have become clear that this would be the consequence. I don't mean to be harsh, it's not at really at you specifically that I'm annoyed, just the whole situation. But understand this: you have made your decision and for better or worse you must live with it. You are now media symbols, and cannot expect the public to refrain from reacting to you. Random people will come up to individual sisters a year from now on the street and say things like, "oh my god, you're the bitch from tv, I saw how you hooked up with all those guys, you whore!" or "how could you say that about your pledge, that was so wrong." Again, and again, and again. Trust me, anything you encounter here is mild, consider it a warmup to reality. Also to say that because it was "inevitable" that SOMEone was going to do this, does it justify you doing it? I mean, I'm sure that it's inevitable that SOMEone is going to be murdered in the next year, does that make it ok for me to run out and do it? Ummm...not so much methinks. As was well said, this is a forum for people to post their reactions, ideas and opinions. If you are upset by it...well, consider it a consequence to a dangerous choice. This whole situation should serve as a warning to all of us---always be careful in making PR decisions, or any decision that is bigger than you are. When you come in to the public eye, you will always be scrutinized. And to believe that you can just walk into it with no other weapons but optimism and blind hope is not only naive, but as I said, dangerous. I wish you guys luck, just remember, to request that people keep their opinions to themselves is a futile battle at this point, what you must do is toughen yourselves up to deal with it, cuz it ain't going to stop. Good luck
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