I think there is a SERIOUS need for pledging.
Pledging, when planned and organized properly, can/will provide discipline to the lives of men and women who otherwise would never know it. It teaches us to respect our own authority, and to use our behavior in such a way as to bring honor to those that know and love us. It makes us think about the repercussions of our actions/inaction. It reinforces the fact that we are all dependent on our brothers and sisters. It teaches us time-management. It makes us look at ourselves from inside out, and makes many of us face unknown fears-when we normally would have run from them. It makes many of us grow the....up! It is African in origin, a rite of passage. It is of our culture, and we should never have allowed the WIDER SOCIETY define what is legal in making our brothers and sisters. Their definition of hazing is fine, as it pertains to their culture; but it does not apply to ours. Some form of pledging is necessary to weed out those persons that seek membership for the wrong reasons.
If it was all that bad, why would so many people still want it?
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