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Originally posted by lambdagirl
to ban something that promotes brotherhood is seriously wrong. unless you are greek you have no understanding of our rules and traditions. i think before you talk about banning greek organizations you should spend some time in the greek system. yes people have died, a lot of them through their own stupidity...
...i'm not saying hazing doesn't happen because it does. however there are other ways of dealing with it than by banning greek organizations.
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A couple of things.
First, there are a lot of folks on this board who have a pretty good understanding and have spent a pretty fair amount of time in the Greek system...like from before your were born, probably.
Nobody who contributes here regularly would advocate banning the system. But that doesn't stop some of us from being concerned that if we don't change things that it won't self-destruct.
To touch, briefly, on another post, times are changing. There are now situations where an entire marching band, and at least one sports team have been banned for a year. It wasn't the football team, but at least a couple of schools have acknowledged hazing outside the Greek community and begun to address it. I think we will see more of that.
Finally, a comment on the last quote above, because therein lies a big part of our problem. Hazing does still exist -- and it has to end. It doesn't matter if there are 500 alcohol or hazing related deaths outside the Greek system and only one inside. One is too many.
To say what I've said so many times before, it's not only dangerous -- it's against the law.