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Originally Posted by EE-BO
But I was never witness in my Greek life to anything that involved forced alcohol consumption or even anything that could be construed as such. I really mean that. It is hard to know in a he-said, she-said kind of situation, but in this case if the allegations prove true that guys were drinking while blindfolded and/or in a very isolated setting, it is going to be very hard to convince a reasonable person it was voluntary.
I am a lot more open-minded about "hazing" than many on this forum, but forced drinking is one place where I draw a very hard line. In the long run, the kind of environment that permits that is headed for disaster.
And not just for the victim. What about the guys charged? I am willing to bet they meant no real harm- but even if no charges were filed they have to live with this for the rest of their lives. And so do their fraternity brothers who will wonder "what could I have done to stop this?"
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I realize that this may reflect a deep flaw in my thinking, but some of what you are saying is why I think that it might not have gone down exactly as described. The fact that nobody else died also works against the idea that all new members were forced to drink.
I can see the setting out in the wood as some kind of bonding thing, weird as it might be; I can even think of the blindfolds as a test of trust or some junk like that, but I can't really wrap my head around the idea that you could force a bunch of guys to drink that much and only one guy would get hurt.
It also blows my mind that anyone could come of age today and not know that drinking too much can kill you.
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