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On one hand, I understand the knee-jerk reaction of "what happened to freedom of speech", but sometimes that freedom is not without a price. Embracing the freedom means also living with the consequences of negative reaaction that expression can create. And maybe that price is too high for Panhellenic to risk and recover from. (Like Rush Limbaugh yesterday with his ridiculous statement...the cost was that he was pretty much forced to resign. He is not JAILED for his opinion because he is free to say whatever he likes, but it doesn't mean other people have to like it, welcome it, or continue to pay him to be a part of their show. There is certainly a consequence for speaking out in a manner that offends others, so now he must deal with it.)
In this instance, it seems that panhellenic is simply trying to preserved the chapters from making "freedom of speech" t-shirt decisions that would cost them the price of further negative publicity, backlash on campus, or other undesirable consequences.
Also, think of it this way,...when you make a sorority or fraternity t-shirt, you are speaking for or at least representing ALL Kappa Deltas or ALL XYZs and, in some cases, all Greeks (whether they are 18–88)...and some may not want their sorority associated with the sex, alcohol, profanity that college students sometimes find humorous or clever.
So, this agreement seems to me to be more of an acknowledgement of that greater responsibility to the whole than an affront to the individual's or chapter's freedom of expression.
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