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Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
See, here's where I think you've got to stop thinking, "As long as WE don't think it's hazing" and start thinking "Does this even look like hazing?" If I drove past a fraternity house and saw pledges and actives exercising on the front lawn early in the morning, I would automatically assume they were hazing. Why do it on the front lawn? That's weird. If you want to exercise together as a group, go to the gym. Doing freakin' situps in front of your frat house has a connotation that you're NOT going to be able to shake off, no matter how innocent you insist these activities are. Not to mention that the "equal # of brothers to pledges" thing is a cop-out. If both brothers and pledges are beating each other with paddles, that still doesn't make it appropriate.
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For real.
Minnesota has a really nice gym. Not to mention the fact that you're going to get in much better shape at the rec than doing sit-ups on the front lawn. If the goal really is fitness, what's the point of jumping jacks on the frat house lawn? That's not going to get anyone in shape. So clearly the goal here isn't getting in shape -- so what is it?
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