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Originally posted by hocnsoc81
What could happen to a member if she/he tells any of their GLO secrets? Honest question, please no flaming. Thank you.
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Okay, I'll bite. When you are initiated, you are asked whether you will keep the ritual of XYZ fraternity or ACB sorority secret. If you say, yes, then you are taking a VOW and yep, people are around to witness your doing so. You are making a verbal CONTRACT.
I think if a person was going to reveal the secrets of their GLO, it would be indicative in their behaviour well before initiation time and thus, they would likely not be initiated, or asked to give some thought as to whether they wish to continue on the path towards initiated membership.
If someone does get initiated, and bears witness to their GLO's secrets and then blabs them all over town, I am not sure what a GLO could do. Perhaps take away their membership and that is all...I don't know if they could be sued in court, but then again as a member, the person did TAKE A VOW and this was WITNESSED by others, so I wouldn't rule out being SUED for fraud as an impossibility.
I am sure that in 99.99% of GLO's, YOU HAVE TO SIGN YOUR NAME too that, as a member, you accept the responsibiity of safeguarding the secrets of your GLO, as a show of good faith, and let's not forget that your signature would make your vow LEGALLY BINDING.
What's more, if someone blabbed around town the secrets, the other members would probably decide to "have some fun with them" and refute what the blabber is saying as being the "real secrets". And then who is going to know who is really telling the truth??
A few hours later....
I also thought I'd mention that to become a member of a GLO can be (in some cases on some campuses) pretty expensive. Dues can be high, but the benefit of this is, upon graduation, you have the benefit of a network of other members who you can potentially speak to about jobs, references, getting introductions to, etc. Sound like pretty good benefits to me!
If a person becomes an initiate and then goes around blabbing the secrets of their GLO, not only will that ex-member alienate themselves from the members of their GLO, but other Greeks likely won't hold them in high esteem either (and I bet GDI's wouldn't as well, after all, this person's "word" is now worthless and should be suspect).
Why would someone want to cut themselves off from such a potentially valuable network?
Becoming a member and then blabbing the secrets thereafter doesn't sound like a good idea to me!
Okay, I'll bite.
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