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Originally Posted by Axiom_e
I am sure that all fraternity have some simlar ritual that is shared through out the individual brotherhood.
A lot of my brothers feel that the ritual is ineffective and stupid and the passing on of the forgotten secret has just become unimportant.
I disagree with this notion though. In my opinion the ritual should be view as a unifying element with all memebers of the brotherhood.
Know this we can also respect other fraternities and make the greek system the way it was orginally supposed to work.
The secret is only there to be a unifying factor.
*end rant*
I would have been as freak out as your new brother, but it is good that you guys didn't even consider it. I would rather you make an error because you didn't see someones race as different. Then make a judgement because of someone's race.
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Mmm not to downplay the importance of the ritual, but I am looking at it as a 35 year old father looking back at things he did as a kid. I thought it was a bit silly at the time but it did unify and that was the point of it. At this point I haven't spoken with a frat brother in about 7 years, and much of it does seem quite silly. Its the sort of thing you take VERY seriously your first year, but after a while the 'magic' wears off, and you are just a bunch of teenagers wearing robes and getting drunk. Other things become more important to you, and while I look back at my time there fondly, hell I met my wife at a sorority pledge party there, the brotherhood aspect fades.