Hazing creates a sense of unity

[Drolefille]

Its kind of like your parents telling you: "Fine you can't handle no curfew, so now you're in at 9:00," after you do something stupid at midnight.

Or taking away the car or something.

The entire greek system is grounded because we couldn't handle it. Quite frankly I'm glad that our I-week is full of fun stuff and presents instead of hazing. I'm fairly certain that our founders didn't haze, so who gets to decide somewhere down the line that that's how pledges should "earn" it?

Originally posted by DeltAlum
If "hazing" was and is stuff like calling names, water balloons or even a little PT, the anti-hazing laws would never haven been inacted.

Unfortunately, people and groups don't know when to stop, things get harder, things get out of hand and people get killed.

That has nothing to do with Politically Correct.

Then there's that pesky old insurance stuff that everyone would rather overlook because it's so unfair.

So, here's a great idea. Let's ignore all of the laws and rules. Let's forget about insurance and liability.

Haze away. Be sure everyone "earns" his or her badge.

Then, when someone gets injured or killed, you (and your chapter, and your nationals and maybe even your parents) can pay for those millions of dollars in damages for the rest of your lives. Literally.

You think student loans are hard to pay off?

That wouldn't happen to us, you say? We don't do all of that.

Read the other threads in his forum.

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I'm fairly certain that our founders didn't haze, so who gets to decide somewhere down the line that that's how pledges should "earn" it?

That's the crazy thing though. I once read part of an SK History book, I think it was on eBay and there's was pages that you could read. It totally talked about how in the early years, like the first 25, Alpha chapter would do things like a fake initiation. There's no way a fake initiation wouldn't be considered hazing by today's standards. And since it was so early on the founders probably knew about it, if not started it. It shocked me and made me wonder what else they did that would not fly today.

[Drolefille]

I'd be most interested in finding one of those books! However I do believe there's a difference between the stuff that's been taken away, such as scavenger hunts, and the stuff that is strictly hazing.

I'll again say I love that our Iweek is happy and not mean

[SigKapCoug]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I'd be most interested in finding one of those books! However I do believe there's a difference between the stuff that's been taken away, such as scavenger hunts, and the stuff that is strictly hazing.

I'll again say I love that our Iweek is happy and not mean

I remember we begged the older sisters to have a scavanger hunt or something fun like that (my pledge sister Emily said, "I WANT TO BE HAZED!!" lol). Since all "hazing" is not allowed, instead during Inspo Week, the NM get a night with each grade - a sophomore night, a junior night, a senior night, and play games and etc.