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Originally posted by chopper816
no offense, but if you believe any undergrad group, in any fraternity will fully adhere to the policies, then thats just being naive. for instance, with auto insurance, no one follows their policy to the t, it happens, thats reality.
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Think about it from the other perspective - the General Fraternity - you could say the same thing - do you think the GF would tolerate a chapter/colony that refuses to adhere to all of the policies? Would they accept that kind of risk? No.
It's not naive - it's reality. Don't buy into the "it can't happen here" or "we've always done it that way, why change?" fallacies - all that will lead to is chaos.
Fraternities have existed as a vehicle to make their members better people by their association. "Builders of men," "integrity," "honor," are not empty phrases, but ideals we SHOULD strive to live by. We have collectively lowered our standards since the early 60's as a matter of survival, in my opinion, and we are now reaping the "benefits" of that strategy.
If we aren't going to abide or adhere to our standards that we were founded on, that haven't changed in almost 90 years, why do we even bother with the Ritual? It's not something to take lightly, by any member.
We as brothers should accept that as fact, yet also realize our members are human, and will make mistakes. But, the line on making mistakes is being drawn differently these days - there are honest "oops" mistakes, and then there are the "common sense should tell you better" or "we have a policy forbidding this - screw it" incidents that are REALLY getting us in trouble.
I have a lot more to contribute on this, but I need to get off the soap box before I reveal things I shouldn't, but, as a brother, I see this all tying back to Ritual, and we aren't doing what we swore to do when we were initiated. That is the root cause of many of our troubles, in my (ahem) humble opinion.
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