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Originally Posted by GammaZeta

I don't have a problem with it, but I do think some other brothers do.

But some brothers do raise an interesting question, where do we draw the line?

What shouldn't have LXA letters?

I don't necessarily have a problem with the item itself because if you put it into the context that it is a plastic necklace with a plastic LCA monogram, there is nothing wrong with it. When you put it into context of where they are displayed and the connotation associated with them, it to me personally is an insult to our name. I hate to sound like a purist about this, because god knows I am no where close to being a saint, but I am not naive about the thing. It is something I would personally choose not to display.

The skateboard I thought was kind of cool, I had never seen that before. It brings up one of my original points, does anyone actually approve these items or do they just rubber stamp everything? Thinking about that has made my opinion evolve a bit. I know that Nationals is not fond of all of the distasteful shirts out there, but it is a bit hard to argue that position when our letters are allowed to be placed on everything with enough room for 3 letters.

It is I-Week here at Ohio State, tonight we are having initiation, and perhaps I am caught up with all of the meanings, values, ideals, and all of that good stuff of the fraternity. We adamantly believe that I-Week is a week a purity, no alcohol, no drugs eg cigarettes, and we even TRY to watch our language. And for some reason a lot of these novelties seem to not fit this tradition.

My own personal belief, nothing else.