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05-17-2006, 01:04 AM
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Hazing....
After watching Outside The Lines Nightly and about the Northwestern hazing incedent I was thinking. Is it appropiate? For me I believe that hazing to a degree is but the media makes it look horrific. Is it acceptable?
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Hazing is tradition. People are so soft these days...
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05-17-2006, 01:25 AM
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Northwestern students should know better than to put the pictures up on Facebook. They made their own bed with that.
I don't particularly have a problem with hazing, and suspect that many Ohio State teams engage in some sort of similar activity. They do manage to keep it under wraps a bit better. However, I can't say I'd be disappointed if it decreased to the point of the NFL, being tied to the goalpost or forced to bring donuts, carry luggage, etc.
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05-17-2006, 01:51 AM
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i don't believe in hazing. i think it's for frat. boys and sor. girls. BUT, with that being said, i do believe in seniority. i believe that the upperclassmen do earn the right to be more demanding on the f.o.b. (fresh of the boat). the new ones should be expected to put in their time and energy before they could reap the fruit of seniority.
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05-17-2006, 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by osu_edu
i don't believe in hazing. i think it's for frat. boys and sor. girls. BUT, with that being said, i do believe in seniority. i believe that the upperclassmen do earn the right to be more demanding on the f.o.b. (fresh of the boat). the new ones should be expected to put in their time and energy before they could reap the fruit of seniority.
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Hazing is a tradition. Its a mark of acceptance. Every military unit I have been in has its own hazing rituals to accept new members. Some rituals have gone over the line and people have been maimed or killed. And those incidents ruin it for those with clean, controlled rituals.
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05-17-2006, 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by scooter1369
Hazing is a tradition. Its a mark of acceptance. Every military unit I have been in has its own hazing rituals to accept new members. Some rituals have gone over the line and people have been maimed or killed. And those incidents ruin it for those with clean, controlled rituals.
We've gone to too many extremes. One side is too dangerous, the other too protective.
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I think the main problem is lack of reasonable boundaries. I know of some instances from high school teams that were harmless, and I also know of a couple that were too violent, and one that was too sexual. The problem is that when the extremes are pointed out, one side says we need to do away with everything entirely, and the other side is in knee-jerk apologist mode. I think rites of passage are fine...but if they put a person in a truly significant health-compromising situation (either with violence or sex or both) I think that crosses the line.
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05-17-2006, 11:34 AM
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I have no problem with some hazing...however, when it gets to the point that your coach is sticking fingers up a player's butt (as recently happened with one of the Dublin HS lacrosse teams), it's gone a little too far
Being an asshole or blindfolding and taking someone in the woods is fine, and IMO, so is some degree of physical violence, but there definitely need to be some limits
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05-17-2006, 11:39 AM
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We don't know the entire story about the Northwestern hazing. From the pictures, it's hard to tell if that was really hazing or if the girls were just having a damn good time. If, say, the captains of the team forced those girls to strip down to their underwear and kiss each other, then that's one thing, but partying half naked isn't really hazing -- it's college.  | |
