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Originally posted by Dionysus
Umm...let's not compare the Sigmas to Charles Manson and the terrorists. 
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Okay - I WASN'T comparing the Sigmas to EITHER -- I WAS comparing the previous posts about "not saying something nice...." and "don't judge till you walk in their shoes..." -- I was simply pointing out that when people try to SUGARCOAT things that they need to realize that you can try to sugarcoat ANYTHING in this world.
Observant1:
Darn, I thought this was a message board in which one could post their thoughts whether it bashing, giving pity, or recognizing the irony/contradiction/hypocrisy of others.
Didn't you learn yet that only *certain* people are allowed to have *certain* opinions on here -- geez...that was the whole point of WHY the thread was started. It was started to show that only *ONE* opinion can be offered. And thanks for reminding me that I didn't have the requisite pity party poo-poo in my post. I will try to add more as I go along...
RockChalk:
"Listen to yourself! Likening "Sorority Life" to a news report or a tape made by terrorists is just plain ludicrous! There's a HUGE difference between the Daniel Pearl tapes and silly show on MTV. I maintain that if a person does not have the intelligence to realize that not everything on TV, most especially MTV, is real, you wouldn't want them in your organization."
I do listen to myself -- and all the other voices -- oops, guess that isn't nice since I could possibly be making fun of people with schizophrenia.... As for your opinion on this -- you are right. WHY on earth would ANY form of MEDIA offer their own twist on things?Why I guess that that means EVERY form of news on TV is automatically filed in the "believe it" category while any other program is in the "don't believe it" category. Anyone remember the stories about when the Orson Wells book was read on the radio and people ACTUALLY jumped out of windows to their deaths because they thought this stuff was really going to happen? Guess that they were all stupid -- or, let's keep sugarcoating "lacking the intelligence to realize that it wasn't real" -- the POINT is that everyone believes stuff that they see on television - whether its a murder investigation on the news or a silly commercial that makes people ACTUALLY think they can lose 2 dress sizes in 48 hours by drinking "magic juice". Television will always have a slant to what side of the story you are seeing. Remember - there are always three sides to EVERY story - side A, side B, and the TRUTH!
ChiDeltJen - I just seriously wondered how your female professors handled your calling all people "chicks" -- I'm sorry that you made the blanket statement. I just wondered how that went over with them. If you'll notice, I keep referring to people by the names they use in their posts -- not chicks, dicks, or silly rabbit tricks.
Oh...you don't APPRECIATE the Charles Manson comments...okay then, pick up your toys and go home.
I only got involved in this whole thread because I don't APPRECIATE the stereotypes that the Sigmas have given all greeks. But apparantly that wasn't the "correct" opinion of the day. Maybe tomorrow...
{Insert required amount of pity here -- ohh poor Sigmas, ohhh poor misinformed girls...oh poor girl who was allegedly conspired against for smacking the crap out of her pledge sister when it really wasn't her fault because for all we know it was resolved when the editing was done with hedge clippers and her momma and daddy walked 2 miles to school up hill both ways with no shoes in the snow....}