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Originally posted by IvySpice
(My favorite is the place where the alum puts the word "underage" in quotation marks, as though the laws of the State of North Carolina are some kind of mere formality!)
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My favorite is the place where we all pretend that campus drinking laws are enforced with regularity and fairness, if at all . . .
In a de facto sense, the drinking laws on many campuses only exist when it is convenient for them to be enforced (I'm not sure if that makes them a "formality" specifically, but perhaps in some ways). I'm not about to defend the Eta Prime chapter of Kappa Sigma in any real way - I have very little knowledge of this situation, and none is first-hand - but I will posit that perhaps the enforcement of alcohol laws is unfairly focused on certain groups of students than others . . . perhaps by reputation, or stereotype?
Drinking underage is not an irregular occurrance at most college campuses - in fact, I would say that enforcement of drinking laws is far more rare than breaking them. I won't assign a value judgement to this statement, but merely state that this does seem to suggest that if one portion of the university community is being unfairly targeted (again, not even inferring this to be the case) then perhaps that portion of the community would have some sort of basis for being upset.
I have now exceeded my daily limit for the conditional mood, and I'm out.
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