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Originally posted by CasanovaAPQ
i can not agree with that comment, to say losing diversity is a good thing is the same mentality that is in APO today, yes people of different backgrounds, color, religion, sexual orenation, etc.. will have difference of opinions but whne you take that oath to the frat, you dont take a oath to be LEADER to you own kind, to be a FRIEND to only people like to, and only do SERVICE for those you feel are in need. With diversity comes conflict but in a good way, if everyone was the same they there wouldnt be any point to this org. People need to realize the our founder wanted us to be BROTHERS who did service, not people who did SERVICE and then became brothers. APO was for all people. To say that diversity sometimes messes up a chapter because everyone does not see things the same is a prime example of how alot of chapter feel today. there are some black chapters that dont do service with white chapter cause they feel they arent repping the frat the right way and there are some white chapter who do the same thing. That comment is one of the comments that should never come out of a APO brothers mouth in my opinion but you do have a right to your won opinion and im not downing you for you opinion.
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I don't think she meant that losing diversity was a "good" thing.
I think she meant that they put diversity solely for the sake of diversity over service and commitment to the fraternity, which was a mistake. And yes there are times when conflict is good, but in this case the conflict was so strong it got in the way of the fraternity's mission.
T, am I right?
To wit: there was a returning student (she was probably around 40) in my pledge class. She continually bitched about the service hours required, how the fraternity was being run, etc etc...she finally quit. Yes it would have been cool to have a returning student and show that we were open to that segment...we were...but her BS was not worth it. I'm saying that about her as a PERSON - not as a segment of the population.
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