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Originally posted by Sion
as a former fraternity member, I have to say that NO fraternity condones such behavior.
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officially anyway. what about hazing? you're not gonna tell me THAT doesn't go on, right? I'd have to say that forcing a pledge to stay up for 4 days straight so that he passed out in class and was eventually roused by paramedics is somewhat... cruel.
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what you have to realize, warrreagl is that you were attacked by some assholes who were PO'd that a junior high school kid was able to take their money. it has nothing to do with the Greek system.
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and here is where I disagree with you. the greek system encourages the group mentality that enables a group of guys who just got beat by a pre-teen to think it's okay to beat the snot out of him. all for one and one for all, but what if the priorities and ideals of the all aren't "right"?
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you made a very broad generalization about a group of people based on your experience with a very few of those people. thats a lot like racism, wouldnt you say?
generalizations such as this are the work of lazy minds, IMHO, whether its racism, sexism, classism, or any other kind of -ism.
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You're most welcome to your humble opinion, and I hope you don't mind me expressing mine. i'd like to say that I've had good experiences with frat members, but by an large that hasn't been true. For the most part, frats at my college, today, are for groups of men to get together for the sake of getting drunk, laid, and cheating their way through school. This may or may not be the experience you have had, and i"m not calling you drunk, sex-starved, or a cheater. just relating experiences, much like warrreagl up there.
also, on racism: that would be hating a person simply because they belong to a group. what you're thinking of is gross generalizations, and that is something we may both be guilty of, but once bitten twice shy. I don't blame him for disliking a group of guys who were anything but kind.
note: if this doesn't make sense, it's 'cuz it's bed time. night all
