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[APO-L] Gentlemens Agreement, Co-ed Re-activation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Bryant)
Tue Apr 23 19:35:50 2002
Message-ID: <APO-L%2002042318354318@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:35:43 -0500
Reply-To: Joel Bryant <joelbryant2001@YAHOO.COM>
From: Joel Bryant <joelbryant2001@YAHOO.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Joel Bryant wrote:
> I wasn't there in '76 but I did pledge in '77 and was immediately
thrown
> into the abyss. I have been around this subject for 25 years and it's
just
> as controversial and painful to me as it was in 1977. Fraternity life
is
> supposed to be fun, not opression and domination.
> Joel
Bro. Robert Dean wrote:
Then why turn something fun and make it about oppression and
domination?
When you focus on the negatives, you marginalize the positives.
>
> My Dear Brother Dean,
That is exactly what we did, focus on the positive fun parts but the
oppressive advisarial relationship that THEY created was un-necessary, not
in the best interests of the frat. (we have knowledge of thousands of Bros.
who resigned because of this abuse and we are in touch with at least SIX
national fraternities that were formed out of frustration by formerly
devout APO Brothers). Is that fun? We should learn from this experience.
Ignoring this situation will not make it go away however I do consider this
the greatest frat. in the world and am glad to exchange thoughts with you
and all Brothers. You just don't know what we've been through. We're not
crazy whiners. There are rational, deliberated, erudite reasons for every
opinion (including yours)
> y.i. L F & S
Bro. Joel
Joel
