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The supposed premise was that 20 college students died from hazing in the past 5 years, mostly from alcohol, according to the promos. That would average 3 from alcohol each year. The National Safely Council lists 303 accidental deaths from alcohol poisoning in 2001. Three out of 303 is less than 1% - of accidental death from alcohol. Let's do a big expose on that.
It was ridiculous. Not only was the over-the-top hazing done by a sorority that's been operating sub-rosa since 1985 ("many fraternities prefer to be unrecognized and off campus" - oh really?), but the ZBT brother we are lead to believe throughout the show was murdered turns out to have died from an overdose.
The message? Hazing starts in middle and high schools, which turn a blind eye. Alfred bans all GLOs because a kid died from an overdose. And the cop says it's had a very beneficial effect. What a load of media bullshit.
Al Roker is right up there - excuse me, right down there - with Geraldo.
Some say that if a show like that prevents even one hazing death, it's worth it. I say if it deters even one person from joining a good fraternity, it was not!
ZAX,
Jono
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"Whenever people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong."...Oscar Wilde
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