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Originally Posted by BrendanMcGrail
I hope they get kicked in the face with fines on appeal, then lose their charter. Not only is that degrading and clearly hazing, it's homophobic.
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Here is a quote from the original article from the judge who dismissed the charges- and who I would assume is at least somewhat familiar with the law...
"Second, you have to prove that the activity was directed at a specific student or students and was done so with intent of causing mental or physical harm. The university didn't have a single declaration that any person was harmed."
Some of you people need to actually READ the various hazing laws before you make idiotic statements like the one I have quoted above from a previous poster.
Personally I found the incident a little stupid, but based on what we the public know (which is all I know- I have no other knowledge of this incident), there is no way to know if this was even ordered or if some guys were just fooling around to get a laugh.
I have been doing some in-depth research on modern hazing incidents and deaths and so far I am finding they are just as common up north as down south. We all have our own ways of doing things- but news reports like this should make us all aware that even in the privacy of our own homes just kidding around someone is interested in making a story out of us.
Maybe if a few more Greeks would appreciate this and band together instead of trying to feast on each other- we all might be better off.
Because your chapter may be next no matter how Angelic and perfect you think you and your brothers may be.
I have already found in my research some interesting situations where zero-hazing, substance-free house chapters have had serious risk management incidents. And there are also a great many old southern chapters out there who some might think push the line who have never been in trouble and have no deaths or serious injuries to their names.