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Originally posted by josh8o
I don't really read this thread anymore because I think its way too much drama. Today I was glancing over the thread and I noticed people criticizing sigma alpha epsilon pi. someone said:
Did you notice what "GREAT" press Greeks are already getting from this?! The "cattiness, cruelty, and calories" -- all I can say is "WAY TO GO GIRLS!" Yeah - your 5 minutes of fame has cost us all a little more dignity -- which NONE of us can afford at this time.
Maybe you should contact every other publication that carries his commentary and let them know that "YOU REALLY DIDN'T SAY THOSE THINGS" -- I'm sure they'd fall all over themselves to print retractions...
by reading this, and a few other posts on here i have noticed that some of you girls are bitchy and rude. you get pissed if someone makes you look that way, but you don't try and see other people as different, and having alternative views on subjects. Have you ever agreed to disagree? I understand that this is a drama filled subject and everyone is very emotional...however if you are really nothing like what MTV is trying to make you out to be, then why do you come across as catty?
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Yes - I posted that! But those were the author's words -- not mine! As far as being catty -- I think losing sight of what MTV was REALLY after in the first place is a worse offense. Am I pissed about this? YES - because just like with other things in life, I hate to see what I have worked hard for fall apart in a matter of minutes because SOMEBODY (in this case those who participated from Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi) made a POOR decision without thinking about the consequences! And WE all pay for those consequences. Nobody is going to watch this and say "oh, that's just the SAEPi's" -- nope, just like Mark Washburn did, it will be generalized to ALL sororities and greek life. Because this is what we have to deal with - media who wants the slant.
Anyone watch Survivor because you know that they are all going to be great friends and no one will get the boot? Hardly! You watch because you WANT to see the drama. Anybody go to see a movie because you heard it SUCKED and you want to watch people be nice to each other with no action? Yeah right!
Call me a bitch and call me rude if you want to - I've been called worse and here I am with MY opinion as always. I'm sorry, but I've worked too hard to see things fall apart on television in what we all knew was going to be the slanted view in the first place.
Hmmm...I know - let's all play "NICE" about this and pretend that nothing bad will come of it (not that we aren't already seeing the negative responses in the media!) Maybe if we all pretend really hard then we can all live in Fantasy Land!
(Side note...DeltAlum - I certainly wasn't calling you out - I just know that the other 3 million times we've discussed these issues, you have always said where it will lead. You have the most experience of anyone on these boards as far as media publications go, and you know what you're talking about. Unfortunately, some people STILL will not believe that crap stinks until they put their noses in it!!)