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Originally Posted by ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl
Rules are there for a reason. And in this case, they are up for change. If your chapter has a rule you don't like, why complain about it instead of change it? My chapter doesn't seem to have a problem with it, fortunately. We all love facebook, but I'm thankful my girls don't take it so seriously that they would take issue with just refraining from posting pictures with alcohol.
I just don't really care. If someone were telling me I couldn't drink, I would raise hell, because that's a right the government actually gives me...it's one of the few you are automatically given. But I wouldn't choose to have alcohol on my profiles either way. If I've got really amazing pictures from a party and there's a beer in my hand I'll leave that for my picture board in my apartment, no big. I'd rather choose that than leave pictures up that might give future employers the wrong impression.
And as I've said, the few ruin it for the whole. It would cause WAY more problems to leave the rule open to interpretation of situations than to just say hey...don't do it.
I guess I'll just never understand what the big deal is. Being part of a group means compromise. It's just not a big thing to ask.
And lastly, I don't think people focus on this "rule". It was made the focus of this thread, but for my chapter at least it's not something we often have a problem with in the first place. With very few exceptions our girls are cooperative and mature enough to just do the small things they are asked to do, like keep their pictures with booze to themselves.
If people in the past hadn't acted ridiculous (not saying they still don't do it, but it came with the times) and Greeks didn't have such a bad name and weren't pelted with negative publicity then alcohol wouldn't be such a big deal. But it is, and it comes with the territory. Oh well.
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I can't really imagine caring that much about the policy that much either, but I can see why the option to not display the letters might appeal to some folks more than having to accept someone else's standards for a medium designed for personal expression like Facebook.
On a slightly different note, isn't Alpha Gamma Delta's policy an international one? I don't think that this is a change-the-rule-through-your-chapter-level thing, but I agree that I don't think enough people are really bothered by it to matter at any level.
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