[PSK480]

OK, I may get alot of flaming my way but, that's what some of you will probably think I deserve for say this.

As has been stated before in this thread, the badge is just a symbol. There are many out there who have seen or have one of our symbols. Think about it, you know the meaning behind it they don't. It doesn't mean much to them. I mean should DG or AST go out there sue and do a "rescue" program for all of the anchors of the world, and legally go after anyone who has an anchor symbol anywhere(window sticker etc). WHat about Phi Sigma Kappa, we have the T's, should we sue the rest of you for everytime you use a "T" in your writing, typing, speech, etc. Hills and a Star are another one of our symbols, so now anyone who uses hills, or owns a hill IHQ should sue them or try to buy it from them. Or the star anyone who has star in there s/n must turn it over to our IHQ. These symbols are just that symbols. What is important aren't the symbols, it's our values, what we stand for. The symbols are supposed to remind us of the meaning and help us toward our goals and values. Our ritual book is all secret, no one but brothers is supposed to read it. But, I know for a fact(from reading it a few times) if a non-brother was to get their hands on a copy and try to read it they would not understand some of it, it's encoded, they'd come out with no more information then they went into it with.

Remember our Rituals and Symbols are secret, but, not the most important part. The most important part is how we live our rituals(notice lower case r). The Ritual is secret, but that's just a ceremony, our ritual, is not, it's how we are to live our lives and live our values.

Sorry if it seems like I'm preaching, if you couldn't tell this is something I feel passionately about since UIFI.