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Originally posted by Virtuous Woman
So I'm at Sectionals on Saturday and I'm standing in line to get food. I'm trying to balance a plate of food, a cup of ice, and a soda. I see a pledge walking by so I ask him to put my soda and my cup on the table for me. An older brother (circa '88) is standing behind me and he says "Did you just ask a pledge to do a personal favor for you?" and I say "He was walking by and I needed some help." and he says "We have serious anti-hazing rules and you need to be careful." and then I said "With all due respect, I only asked him to do what I would hope that a brother would do for me".
Does anyone else think that that was as ridiculous as I think it was? Has anti-hazing gone too far
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First off, I'll say that I am very much opposed to hazing and am always upset when I hear of hazing incidents in APO because I fell that hazing does not belong in APO.
That said, I think this older Brother overreacted.
And yes, I feel that others have gone too far with anti-hazing. I think APO has a very reasonable policy regarding hazing and the like. But I am always amazed that other GLO have gone overboard with the issue of hazing to the point where:
* calling a pledge a 'pledge' is hazing.
* asking a pledge to do anything, like say service hours or wear a pledge pin, is hazing
* asking a pledge to met the members of a chapter and get interviews/signatures/etc is hazing.
* asking a pledge to learning about the organization and be tested on that knowledge is hazing.
I think you get the idea.