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The reported info. in this case makes the group look pretty bad. Letting a guy die of alcohol poisoning isn't brotherly or moral. Period.
Generally, however, I think there ought to be a pretty tight limit on how legally responsible we are for other people.
Yes, we all feel pressured to conform and do what others expect of us when we want to be members of a group. And yes, in the spirit of brotherhood or sisterhood, we ought to take good care of each other.
But, when adults willfully undertake activities that they know contain risks and are injured as a result, then I think the adults alone should be legally responsible.
In almost all of the college hazing cases, though, you have people of legal age to buy and consume alcohol providing it to people not of age, and that illegal act maybe should make them legally responsible for the outcome.
It's a really tough situation, and it's always tragic when a kid dies. But moms need to remember that their kids have free will. Sometimes they are mainly victims of their own bad judgment. The outcomes are sometimes tragic but it shouldn't mean someone else was more responsible for the outcome.
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