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[ibis]

Then in a different vein, if one is not Irish, can I celebrate St. Patricks Day and wear shamrocks and green?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by ibis

Then in a different vein, if one is not Irish, can I celebrate St. Patricks Day and wear shamrocks and green?

Yes, and it'd still be okay if you dressed up like a leprachan, drank far too much green beer and went around looking to start fights with Protestants.

I don't see the Irish student association doing anything more than raising a glass to you.

[chi-o_cat]

There was a thread on GC about the topic of racism and theme parties somewhat recently, actually:

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...d.php?t=129656

I agree that the signs are what sent this story into the national news, instead of just something in a college newspaper. The costume choices are unfortunate, but the signs are unacceptable.

[HQWest]

And of course - no one would have a problem if they had had a toga party.

(I couldn't resist. )

[33girl]

^^In all seriousness, we've had people on here from Greece very upset that we are calling ourselves "Greek" organizations.

I've said it before and I'll say it again until this camera-happy internet-happy have-to-share-every-breath-of-my-life-with-the-world generation gets it - DON'T TAKE PICTURES AT MIXERS. IF YOU DO, DON'T SHOW THEM TO ANYONE OUTSIDE THE CHAPTER. No, I'm not saying what they did was OK, I just can't believe that no one these days gets this.

And this is definitely getting blown out of proportion because it's Penn State. I'm waiting for the inevitable news story that one of the Sandusky victims was of Mexican descent (i.e. their great great grandpa or something).

[naraht]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Yes, and it'd still be okay if you dressed up like a leprachan, drank far too much green beer and went around looking to start fights with Protestants.

I don't see the Irish student association doing anything more than raising a glass to you.

Of course that would be different if you were at Queen's University Belfast. (The Irish stereotype *more* controversial and the Mexican/Latin American *less*).

From what I can tell, Sombreros more broadly Latin American in distribution and the Serapes more specifically Mexican

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by naraht

Of course that would be different if you were at Queen's University Belfast. (The Irish stereotype *more* controversial and the Mexican/Latin American *less*).

From what I can tell, Sombreros more broadly Latin American in distribution and the Serapes more specifically Mexican

So it's okay as long as you get away with it?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Kevin

So it's okay as long as you get away with it?

No, he's saying that you would face far more than the ISA raising a glass to you.