[24004] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Phrases from Rituals concern
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin Martin)
Sat Nov 15 12:18:24 2003
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 11:13:12 -0600
Reply-To: Justin Martin <arvid@soltec.net>
From: Justin Martin <arvid@soltec.net>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <03E8CF5A1005AD4A9CB7419A1327DEE812497D@NGB-66C05-XCH02>
I thought about this a bit, and I disagree. Back in the Days of Yore, I was
heavily involved in the Order of the Arrow (the BSA's National Honor
Society), and every section conclave or NOAC I went to all had themes that
were one line of of either the Pre-Ordeal or Ordeal ceremonies. Taken out
of their context, they mean nothing to an outsider, but to an OA Brother,
they know the significance behind the words.
Our rituals have a lot of meaning behind them, and I think that to take one
line from them, and use it as a building block for a conference would be a
great motivational thing, as well as stress that people do take the meaning
behind the rituals seriously. However, if whole paragraphs of the Ritual
start appearing on webpages, then I would take issue.
LF&S,
-Justin
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Justin "Arvid" Martin |
Section 50 Vice-Chair |
Alpha Phi Omega |
Nat'l Service Fraternity |
On 11/14/03 11:28 AM, "Finder, Randolph J Mr NGB-ARNG"
<Randolph.Finder@ngb.army.mil> wrote:
> I've noticed on a couple of web sites phrases being used by brothers that
> only occur in the rituals. This sort of disturbs me. Any feelings?
>
> (For example if the Phrase "A Service Fraternity without Pink Elephants" was
> only used in the brotherhood ritual, and section 10 decided to use it as
> their sectional conference theme or a chapter made "A Service Fraternity
> without Pink Elephants" as the top and bottom text for the chapter web page.
