we have started a sorority!

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

You're admitting that you're speaking yourself. Good.



What does that have to do with anything? This is how I know that you don't understand what we mean by "stealing." It isn't just about choosing a teddy bear or choosing a pearl.

I wish you'd do the same.

Yes, it is. Because that's all she's done.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

I wish you'd do the same.

Yes, it is. Because that's all she's done.

Do the same what?

That's all she has done? Really?

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Do the same what?

That's all she has done? Really?

Realize you are speaking for yourself as well.

Yes. She and her friends/sisters picked a teddy bear, blue, yellow, and a phrase. She didn't reincarnate an entire sorority under a different name.

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

Good for you and speak only for your org please. You don't know what's meaningful in other orgs. And feel free to contact the OP directly so you can be her Big Sister/Mentor since it appears that you are running for the position. Speaking your mind about something (as we're all doing here) does not equal coming down on anyone, like you are trying to imply. In fact, if you haven't noticed, the conversation has moved on to "stealing" from other orgs in general. I'm not even thinking about the OP anymore.

Let's put it this way, if sharing colors or mascots with another organization is a huge problem, just about all of us are in trouble. It really hasn't moved on to "stealing in general". It seems to still be about getting up in arms over a 15 year old girl in England who has picked a mascot and colors that another organization is already using. As I posted, lions, dolphins, teddy bears, owls...these are all shared. They all represent something a little different to each organization that uses these mascots.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

Realize you are speaking for yourself as well.

No, I actually conducted a poll and am the spokesperson. Genius.

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

Yes. She and her friends/sisters picked a teddy bear, blue, yellow, and a phrase.

So, it isn't just that they coincidentally found a teddy bear and a color. Stop tripping over yourself.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

No, I actually conducted a poll and am the spokesperson. Genius.



So, it isn't just that they coincidentally found a teddy bear and a color. Stop tripping over yourself.

You speak only for yourself, as do I, though many of us share opinions with others.

I'm not tripping over anything at the moment, just failing to see what the big deal is. Truly.

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

And still missing the point. And actually counted the colors the orgs have in common. For real?

So far the only "point" has been that she has "stolen" colors and a mascot. Please enlighten me to a hidden, different "point".

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

You speak only for yourself, as do I, though many of us share opinions with others.

No, I speak for those of us in GLOs who don't confuse having things in common with having things stolen.

You speak for yourself and the value that your symbols hold for your organization. I would never tell people that their symbols are the least significant thing about their organization because I don't know the value of other GLOs' symbols.

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

I'm not tripping over anything at the moment, just failing to see what the big deal is. Truly.

You can always stop typing if you don't see the importance of an issue.

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

So far the only "point" has been that she has "stolen" colors and a mascot. Please enlighten me to a hidden, different "point".

Only colors and a mascot? Really?

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

No, I speak for those of us in GLOs who don't confuse having things in common with having things stolen.

You speak for yourself and the value that your symbols hold for your organization.



You can always stop typing if you don't see the importance of an issue.





Only colors and a mascot? Really?

Ok, then I speak for those of us who think this is a whole lotta wah over a whole lotta nothin'. Works both ways, see?

In reality, you don't speak for your entire organization, nor do I speak for my entire organization.

What I see is ganging up on a kid. And yes, really. Really, really, really. If someone starts a local with red, yellow, and green as their colors tomorrow it doesn't automatically mean they stole my organizations red, buff, and green, or that they're somehow threatening anything my organization stands for.

ETA: By the way, her colors are baby blue and lemon yellow, and the mascot is a teddy bear "for friendship". She was accused from "stealing" from Alpha Xi Delta, whose colors are "double blue (light and dark) and gold" and their mascot is "BetaXi Bear", all according to the website. Similar yet truly not the same.