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That's sort of what I thought you meant by common.
I am wondering if we have the same connotation on "ritual". Ritual is something done behind closed doors, which only members know about. It has been passed down for years.
We have flags, but the colors symbolize things we believe in such as knowledge, brotherhood and so on. Not where we are from (although I think Kappa Sigs make such claims and those are on its flag). Symbols are on the flags and words...instead of just colors.
I have heard about the Burschenschaft and heard of their political activities. Interesting.
I'll be at either The Hague, Netherlands or Berlin in the Spring and hope to travel to see these fraternernities and learn this stuff.
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Overall, though, it's the bigness of the car that counts the most. Because when something bad happens in a really big car – accidentally speeding through the middle of a gang of unruly young people who have been taunting you in a drive-in restaurant, for instance – it happens very far away – way out at the end of your fenders. It's like a civil war in Africa; you know, it doesn't really concern you too much. - P.J. O'Rourke
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