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Originally posted by 33girl
Adrienne, with all due respect, you are not yet a member of a GLO and you have not seen how far some of the hazing rules go. So don't say all the choices made have been right, because they haven't, and I've seen chapters suffer for it.
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You're right, I'm not a member, yet. A situation which is being rectified at this moment.
However, that status gives me an angle that most people on this board do not have: and that is objectivity. Just as the girls in this video/news report can not see the forest for the trees when it comes to their hazing, clinging to "tradition" at all costs, it is possible (I'M SAYING POSSIBLE ONLY, NOT DEFINITE) that that may also be the case with some GLOs who do the same thing.
I have never said, nor thought that everything the governing bodies did was 100% perfect. It can't be, because they're made up of mere mortal humans. I say there is room to give the NPC the benefit of the doubt when legislating guidelines for behaviour.
The ultimate point of the post you quoted was in the last line: if the attitude toward hazing represented in this thread and the news report is indicative of the next generation of GLO members, then the NPC, etc, have their work cut out for them. That's it. No judgement on the rightness or wrongness of those decisions. Just that they're going to be dealing w/ this issue for years to come and it will be a while before rules are laid out that keep everyone safe w/out chapters suffering as you described. I would like to think these sorry individuals will get blackballed from rush too. But think about it--browse the threads on GC that talk about psychotic sisters and other inappropriate/harmful behaviour. Bad eggs have slipped through and probably will continue to do so.
My opinion may change on this in coming years as I am initiated and participate in my org. On the other hand, it may not. But that's where it stands now.
Peace.
Adrienne (PNAM-2003)