"Branding" is not hazing? - Page 2

zchi2 · #16 04-30-2003, 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by Optimist Prime
I thought brands were tattoos for black people, cuz the ink wouldn't show up. That is the only explination I ever got.

WOW

Thank you for actually admitting that you thought that... I'm sure there were a lot of people that thought the same thing. I hope everyone who thought that now knows that YES black people can get tatoos and you can see them very clearly.

nubulus uno · #17 04-30-2003, 11:32 AM

Branding, as I have always known it, is a personal choice. I equate it to scarification, a technique used in so-called "traditional african societies" (and yes they had fraternities and sororities which were known as "secret societies") From my understanding it is primarily a means of identification.

Munchkin03 · #18 04-30-2003, 12:44 PM

My only issues with branding is that it's ugly as fizzuck. I've seen some brands, and some of them have been uneven and downright BOOTLEG-looking!

I have seen some that looked decent, but it's just not my scene. Scar tissue and keloids DO NOT turn me on. If you get it done by someone who knows their stuff, I'm sure it looks fairly decent. Otherwise...ewww!

CutiePie2000 · #19 04-30-2003, 12:51 PM

Call me an old school marm, but I am not a big fan of the ol' "body modification". I'm not a tattoo fan, and definitely don't like the look of charred flesh (i.e. branding).
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MSSTCY1 · #20 04-30-2003, 12:52 PM

When brands are starting to heal they are defienetly absolutely disgusting. I've seen some ones that do look really nice, and I'm guessing were done with a lot of care and persision. Of course, i've seen others and wondered why they would even bother, b/c they look so bad.

Funny story though. My brothers friend was obsessed with football ( well still is) and he had his older brother brand him with his jersey number when he was in high school, because the coach from the college he was going to said he could give him the same number. This number was so important to him that he wanted to brand himself with it. Well a few months later he got to school and needless to say he didn't get his number. This was five years ago and he still bitches about it.

I guess it just goes to show that its not only fraternities that do things like this over commitment.

White_Chocolate · #21 04-30-2003, 01:50 PM

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Originally posted by MSSTCY1
Funny story though. My brothers friend was obsessed with football ( well still is) and he had his older brother brand him with his jersey number when he was in high school, because the coach from the college he was going to said he could give him the same number. This number was so important to him that he wanted to brand himself with it. Well a few months later he got to school and needless to say he didn't get his number. This was five years ago and he still bitches about it.

that's why they get branded AFTER they have been a member. . .maybe he look at it as a tribute to his brother. true love and devotion.

White_Chocolate · #22 04-30-2003, 01:50 PM

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Originally posted by White_Chocolate

that's why they get branded AFTER they have been a member. . .maybe he can look at it as a tribute to his brother. true love and devotion.

Winterbloom · #23 04-30-2003, 01:51 PM

We had a fraternity disbanded on our campus a few years back and they still operate underground. One of their initiation proceedures is to brand their brothers with a lambda. It's really a horrible thing, watching these otherwise intelligent, healthy boys walking around with an infected brand on their calf or arm. But apparently, it's some sort of legacy thing for a lot of families, though I'm not sure if I would want to be a part of a legacy of leaving a raped girl out on the fraternity house lawn to be found by police...

Needless to say, at my school branding is something seen as incredibly distasteful by most Greeks and non-Greeks. Tattoos are one thing. But a brand to us means this particular fraternity, and we want no part of it.

Optimist Prime · #24 04-30-2003, 02:09 PM

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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
And you believed this?

was just telling what I heard. Didn't say it made sense. I"m not trying to be retarded.

PearlGirl · #25 04-30-2003, 05:32 PM

This is a little off topic, but I am even leary of people tatooing their letters on them. I know a lot of people that do, and for people in their org. for the right reason, go for it. However, there was an incident with a girl on our campus who ended up quiting her sorority and still has her huge tatoo hangin on her lower back. I know some girls in the sorority were not happy...but what can they do? It is now just a very obvious misrepresentation of the group.

MSSTCY1 · #26 05-01-2003, 08:40 PM

We have an unwritten rule that you cannot get a tattoo with letters on it until you are an alumni. It actually goes back to the same thing, a girl got letters tattooed on herself and then disafiliated.

Tom Earp · #27 05-01-2003, 11:33 PM

Finally had a customer come in who is a member of the branding crew. I asked him if his Fraternity did branding and he said yes! I asked him if he had been branded and he said no.

He said he was thinking about it and he said yes! Q: Why.

A: well tht is what we do!

I told him of the idea that tattoos did not work well on Blacks.

He looked at me like I was nuts. He knows me so I told him that wasnt not my idea, just passing it along.

Still waiting for P P to come in to ask him and get his opinion. A little more maturer! I will post when I gert his reaction!

Optimist Prime · #28 05-01-2003, 11:52 PM

My reaction is this I was just passing that along if anybody has a problem with me, then say it right here.

Optimist Prime · #29 05-01-2003, 11:55 PM

but if you are cool with me and realize i was just passing along information then we're cool, I'm really tired of some people who talk mad isht

Tom Earp · #30 05-02-2003, 10:11 PM

Billy Chill Dude!!!!!

Not a dumb question, K?

Okay Preston P came in the store, he was out of town for a day, so did not see him.

We did not have time but will later over a cocktail.

Asked him if he was Branded and if his Chapter did it.

He is a Brother of ABC, OK, he went to a mid-west School and was emphatically against it.

He related a short story to me about the Hard Liners from the 60's who held a meeting for the Younger Brothers and told them how stupid it really was. That takes a Very Big Man to do that against the history of what has been done!!!!!

I would love to give his Fraternity but do not feel it is right!

Let all of you judge which BGLO P P is from!