ahh branding..
i do not have a brand, but some of the brothers from the chapter of phi kap on my campus have them (it was all by choice, they wanted to do it. weren't forced). one of the brothers almost lost his leg because he was branded with a heated coated metal hanger, and it got infected.. eeeeeek.. he was in the hospital, but luckily he is okay
so branding. i guess its okay if you can stomach it- eek. painful, and kinda gross looking
(til it heals)