are you willing to sacrific the life of a friend for fraternity brotherhood?
By deriellevc73
@deriellevc73 (982)
Philippines
October 16, 2010 3:48am CST
i have just heard of a local incident wherein a guy was trashed and beaten by a group of fraternity members. At least four of these members were friends of the guy and although they did not actually participate in the beating, they just either watched or restrain the guy. The guy was just passing along that section of the road, where the frat members were drinking. A friend hailed at him to stop, and so he stopped his motorcycle never really expecting somebody to suddenly pounce on him without provocation. Upon investigation, his so called friends denied hailing him and instead told the police that he (together with his two other companions) was provoking them to a fight. There were about more than ten frat members on that scene. A friend (frat member) who initiated the punching, was wounded on the face and is filing a case against the guy. Nobody among the frat members, even those who had not participated, is willing to stand witness that a frat member had initiated the fight and had indeed trashed and beaten the poor guy.
now, i have nothing against frat men but this leads me to the question, are frat men willing to sacrifice the life of a friend or family member ( who are non-frat member) just to live up to the expectations of their brotherhood? to abide by their pledge of loyalty? are they bound by such pledge so as to turn a blind eye on justice? how about you my fellow mylotters? if you are in the shoes of those frat men, are you willing to sacrifice the life of a friend or family member, or would you forsake justice so that you can abide by your pledge of loyalty?
2 responses
@romzz05 (572)
• Philippines
16 Oct 10
I don't like fraternities, they promote a culture of violence. I know that some fraternities claim that they no longer practice hazing but only because of the deaths. True friends don't put their friends in danger. Fraternities are just bunch of people who want to be cool and want to feel powerful.
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@deriellevc73 (982)
• Philippines
16 Oct 10
i agree with you, most fraternities are just a bunch of people who wants to belong, and who wants to wield power in numbers. i don't believe in their ideals,especially on being beaten first in the initiation just to be accepted. i think these kind of people who are willing to feel the pain in order to be called a brother is sadistic, and a never ending cycle of revenge. a member will treat newcomers the way he was treated during his initiation. i don't like fraternities either and i abhor the practices of some especially on hazings.
@franne32 (694)
• Philippines
16 Oct 10
Ouch, I pity the guy who got beaten by them. I don't actually want to generalize fraternities because some fraternities may be doing better than the others so I'll just say my opinion on those kinds of frats that do something horrible as the one you mentioned. It's supposed to be a brotherhood for those who want bonding with people whom they think of as another family but not in a sense that they will become slaves to their own group. I mean, if they hurt innocent people like that, then they are no better than those goons/murderers/rapists/robbers out on the streets and they don't care about the reputation of their so-called "brotherhood" - a sugar-coated name. They are just cowards who can only do those things when in a group. Single them out and they can't do anything. But of course there may be some frats that help other people in need and if that is true then kudos to them.
