right/wrong

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Kevin

MC:

Some state statutes declare any situation created which results in "mental discomfort" to be punishable as a felony!

This is just a case of out-of-control prosecutorial discretion waiting to happen. . . .

That's really scary stuff.

Agreed! I sense a vagueness and overbreadth challenge is someone's future.

This just points up the importance of a common definition for hazing, even if it's just a common definition for the purposes of this thread.

It also shows the problems with making the blanket statement that "hazing is illegal." It is indeed, but how your state defines hazing and how my state defines hazing is quite, quite different. Without a common, workin definition, simply saying "hazing is illegal" is a pretty meaningless statement.

[LPIDelta]

AFA is establishing/has established a task forceor hosting a symposium to address the issue of multiple definitions of hazing. I believe they are going to attempt a common understanding among all the various organizations (NPC, NPHC, NIC etc.).

The problem is--AFA's definition is still going to be different from FIPG, this state will be different from that state, (it could go on and on).

For me, I am comfortable citing FIPG as an authority, and that is the definition I use most often. But that also gets into issues of interpretation...

Anyway...