A Real Life "What If" Question

[adduncan]

Hi GCers

A few threads over the past month or so got me thinking about this question.

You're living in your sorority/fraternity house. (Not much of a stretch for most here but it sets the scene.) What would *really* happen in your house if two sisters/brothers had a serious disagreement about some of the more controversial topics on this board?

For example: you, or someone in your house is an athiest--and another member, also in the house, joins a devout religious group. (Fill in the blank, it could be any.)

Another example: you, or someone in the house is a hard-core Democrat, someone else in the house takes a leadership position in the College Republicans.

These are just examples, but you get the general drift.

What would happen to the house/chapter? How would you handle it? We all know what we would LIKE to happen: everyone would talk nice, and be patient, and tolerant, and never piss each other off. But let's be honest, people are going to get on each others' nerves. Even on this board, with people who never meet you can see some knock-down drag-outs on the above and other topics; can we really expect perfect behaviour from people who live together day after day?

So, that's the Q: what would happen in your house/chapter if the above circumstance were to occur?

Discuss

Adrienne