[15440] in APO-L
Re: Promises
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (The Italian Stallion)
Mon Nov 11 01:13:23 1996
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 00:12:04 -0600
Reply-To: The Italian Stallion <librimd@MAIL.AUBURN.EDU>
From: The Italian Stallion <librimd@MAIL.AUBURN.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199611110331.VAA08568@ducserv.mail.auburn.edu>
> OK, random editorial comment: the Taliban (wacko ultra-fundamentalist
> Muslims in Afghanistan) don't interfere with my life either, and that
> won't stop me from sending them nasty letters on behalf of Amnesty,
> pointing out how the Koran says they're freaks.
Yeah, but we're not a bunch of wackos, we don't harm anyone, so why do
you keep bugging us?
> Back to APO: We all pledged to join this brotherhood knowing that we were
> bound to promote a certain *right* way of life, summarized in the
> principles of LFS and based on the principles of the Boy Scouts (but we're
> not talking about that right now). Anyway... I think that anyone on my
> side of the question will agree that we frankly don't see how a group that
> excludes women can ultimately be committed above all else to LFS.
How does being an AllMale chapter cause them to fall short of the
cardinal principals? Nothing in the scout oath or law, or in the
cardinal principals says its wrong to want to follow these laws in a
group that is only guys! I mean, come on, the laws COME FROM a mostly
male organization!
> And moreover, given that college students are supposedly mature,
> well-socialized people, we don't see how the opposite sex is going to
> destroy anything.
They will destroy the chapter. If allmale chapters go coed, they will
inevitably change. If they change, that will make several brothers
quit. If several brothers quit, it will harm the brotherhood as a
whole. Are you willing to sacrifice someone else's chapter to satisfy
yourself? If you answer yes, then you are being (no flame intended)
selfish. Obviously, on the campuses where AllMale chapters exist,
neither the university nor the students have any problem with this
fact, so why should someone who doesn't even live around here?
-Delta 1159
Mark Librizzi
