Wood

[Sir Genesis]

While we may all have our differences about pledging, we must focus on what is important. For organizations that paddle and those that don't, are your members just members or are they productive brothers and sisters? As long as they give back to the organization on a chapter level, national level and community level then the "process" was successful.

I was not paddled and wouldn't allow it to take place but I am a Chapter President, I am the VP of my Greek Senate, an Editor of my school paper, the university's Junior Class President last year on, have my own radio show and a million other things. I don't say it to brag; I say it to prove a point-brotherhood/sisterhood and wood have no direct correlation.

Any and all forms of new member intake can produce great brothers and sisters if done in good taste. The only way to judge if one way is better than the other is to look at the organization's productivity and each individual's productivity.

[LPIDelta]

Originally Posted by Sir Genesis

The only way to judge if one way is better than the other is to look at the organization's productivity and each individual's productivity.

Well some might argue that whether the activity is legal or not would be another way to judge. Hazing is not legal in many parts of this country, and certainly not condoned by many national organizations, so my judgment would be that paddling is wrong.


Just sayin...

[Sir Genesis]

I don't condone or support paddling nor do I think it is necessary. But state laws consider making people study history or giving a pop-quiz as a hazing activity so most Organizations haze by law.

For some organizations, however, paddling has been connected to ancient rituals (though that is not how it was introduced to Greek life) and as long as it does not step outside of that tradition I will not tell someone that they cannot do that or should not. The issue is that it does often reach far outside of that tradition and becomes a sport.