I do NOT judge Chi Omega - the chapter or the entire fraternity - because of one person's actions. Nor do I tar the university with the same brush, or the geographic area that is called the South. I venture to say that the majority of posters on this thread share my sentiments. Instead, I am extending my hand and heart in support. What can I do to help? What can I do to make a difference? The widest influence for good is what Theta asks of me, so I look to my immediate sphere of influence and that's where I start.
I find it problematic and puzzling that many people who consider themselves Christians are both judging and judgmental. I thought that was one of the main teachings of Jesus Christ - don't judge, forgive, turn the other cheek. Maybe I misunderstood.
Do not kid yourselves or feel superior (addressed to those for whom that shoe fits). It could just as easily have been a Theta, an AOII, a Tri Delta - name any other sorority. Alcohol plus sleep deprivation plus indiscriminate use of technology pluls a whole host of other factors = human failures.
Yes Mary Poppins I'm still tilting at windmills.
/end of lecture
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"One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision." Bertrand Russell, The Triumph of Stupidity
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