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While some use it as an initiation rite, most brothers and sisters are branded after they become members of their organization and tell their brothers or sisters they want to be branded. It's a decision made by the individual.
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If (and it's a really BIG IF), it's really the case that there is no pressure (direct or subtle), then it's not hazing. An act is hazing if joining an org or continued membership in the org (or being a "cool member" of the org) depends on your going along with the act. Even if it's tradition, even if lots of other members have done it, if it really is a personal decision made without pressure, then it's not hazing. It's dangerous, but it's not hazing.
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