Hazing IS 'just a mindless act of brutality'. Pledging 'is designed to impress some ideal upon on initiate. Those ideals are the foundation of the organization's beliefs.'
Many of the problems we face is because people confuse the two. PLEDGING DOES NOT EQUAL HAZING.
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Originally posted by seand_isu:
I think there are some valid points in the room questioning the rites of hazing.
Good or bad, I hope everyone realizes that hazing is not just a mindless act of brutality. It is not intended to cause pain or anguish. Hazing is designed to impress some ideal upon on initiate. Those ideals are the foundation of the orginization's beliefs. Almost all hazing episodes help the initiate to realize these beliefs.
For instance, physical strife can be an attmept to impress humbleness or humility. It can be used to demonstrate that every person has limits and that those limits can be exceeded by using effort. These are called GOALS.
Mental challenges are commonly used to impress the implications of making a wrong decision, or making one too quickly. Things need to be more thought out.
Remember, EVERY member of an orginization had to participate in THE SAME activities upon their initiation, often times even more tedious or less "politically correct" than the ones currently utilized.
Later,
Sean
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