Alpha Phi dies of alcohol poisioning at SDSU

33girl · #21 06-19-2007, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

I'm sorry I and many others revolt you, but I think your statement that death is not a "teachable moment" is either very naive or very short-sighted.

During the past year, one high school in my county lost six students in three wrecks involving drunk driving. You'd better believe that the school, with support and assistance from parents of the students killed, are using these deaths as "teachable moments," and rightly so.

It's one thing to mourn the students and for the students to realize that can happen to them - I don't think you need to hit them over the head with that. It's quite another to say in effect "if they would have terminated this cokehead and she wasn't in the sorority any more they would be fine." Not to mention assuming someone is a longtime, hardcore user when they could have been trying drugs or alcohol for the first time.

And even that isn't true - wasn't there an incident a few years ago where a girl died of alcohol poisoning, and she was a former member of a sorority (she had dropped out the semester or year before, I believe). It STILL was reported in the media that she was a member of that sorority. So even if this woman would have no longer been a member, Alpha Phi's name might have gotten dragged into it anyway.

A friend of mine died the summer after I graduated, and because he happened to have had a few drinks at a fraternity house the night it happened, it turned into a giant anti-Greek crusade "for his sake." Did I mention no actual members of the fraternity were there (they rented to nonmembers)? Did I mention he had been to about 3 other parties (all non-Greek) the same evening? Did I mention that becoming a poster child for temperance and having the finger pointed at the Greek system was the last thing he wanted? Did I mention it was the last thing his FAMILY wanted?

So sorry if I get a little upset about things like this, but when you've seen a friend be USED for a crusade he would have wanted NOTHING to do with in his life, you might think a little differently.