You're not out of touch. I think your story is symptomatic of a bigger problem. If you don't know your ritual, in my opinion, you haven't taken its ideals and teachings to heart. I've seen entire chapters that regard Ritual as some kind of funny anacronysm they have to go through once a semester to stay in good standing. And guess what? Those chapters are no longer there.
When you see serious problems like hazing, excessive drinking and drugs running rampant in a chapter, you know they're not really *listening* to Ritual. And eventually, those charters will get yanked, the media goes nuts on the latest story, and lawsuits get filed. And the worst part is that much of the time we bring it on ourselves.
Please don't misunderstand me--I'm not saying that your friend's chapter is hazing or anything like that. But if more fraternity men and women *really* paid close attention to their Ritual, and worked at *living* the ideals of their Ritual every single day...I think many of our risk management and image problems would simply take care of themselves.
Sorry, I know I just got waaaay off topic, but stories like yours set me off on this tangent every single time I hear them.
Back to your regularly scheduled thread.
