My point isn't that there are people who don't know about "greekdom". No dobt there are those people, my point is that you shouldn't be willing to do something that amounts to endorsement (ie wearing t-shirts, doing calls, hand signs ect) without knowing what it means.
I think people are missing this point because we are using it in reference to something as "small" and (to some) "petty" as greekhood. But if someone were to walk down the street wearing a swastika (sp?) and said that they were wearing it because it was a "pretty design" (I liked the fraternity/sorority's colors), you wouldn't buy it. You are held accountable for the things which you choose to associate yourself with. Because of this you should know what the colors and symbols that you wear on your body mean.
In terms of a lot of questions about what my letters mean, I expect that and really rather enjoy it. It gives me a chance to brag,
and at least I know that that person had the good sense to ASK what something means rather than just go out and get a shirt and find out the hard way.
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