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Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin
I think there's a difference between learning fraternity history and learning "arcane" fraternity history, although arcane was probably a bad word choice.
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Folks, I think you're missing the definition of the word "arcane". It simply means secret, hidden, somewhat mysterious. It's actually a perfect word choice, as that's exactly what I would call the historical learning we require of pledges (yes
pledges dammit).
In fact a lot of "cousins" from the same latin root are used in our rituals. Any Archons out there?
What's funny is I think the author himself misused the word, which is misleading people into thinking the word "arcane" is an insult. By the context of the paragraph, he clearly intended it disparagingly. But he used a fairly complimentary word. What really conveys the insult isn't the word "arcane", but "forcing".
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