[16783] in APO-L
Re: ALCHOHOL POLICY
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lyn Belzer)
Wed Apr 30 12:51:24 1997
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 11:50:18 -0500
Reply-To: Lynore_Belzer@BAYLOR.EDU
From: Lyn Belzer <Lynore_Belzer@BAYLOR.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <01IIBCA0IIAQ8X4BY6@baylor.edu>
On Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:21:03 -0400 Jeremy.Gagliardi@cpmx.saic.com wrote:
[My stuff snipped]
>You are correct, there is no reason it MUST be present. However, I
>would hazard a reply to you that there is no good reason why it MUST be
>absent either.
Okay, how about the fact that, from MOST (I will concede and not say ALL)
events, people have to drive home.
If chapters have individual insurance policies or the University has a policy,
the rates would probably be much lower if alcohol were prohibited.
Accidents at the events are more likely to be avoided. (I know my Brothers:
notice I said "more likely" not "will be." :)
> Not showing alcohol in front of underage people and
>pledges is good, but when a brother just wants to have a drink (and
>(s)he is legal), let it happen.
I'm not saying people shouldn't drink. But would it be so hard to humor us
Nervous Nellies and wait until AFTER the event?
> Most know how to drink responsibly.
I would be willing to debate this. I honestly believe that for every
responsible college drinker, there's a stupid college drinker. Also, drinking
responsibly means drinking when it's appropriate, and with an alcohol policy in
place, that window of appropriate time is rather small.
> If the person acts unbrotherly, then make _that_ an issue...not the
>alcohol.
As I understand it, the alcohol policy is not there to punish unruly children.
It is there to A) enforce our no-hazing policy and B)ensure the safety all
persons involved. It seems to me we're just trying to prevent problems before
they happen. If a person acts unbrotherly by drinking and driving home from an
event, and by doing so kills someone, acting on the "unbrotherly" behaviour
after the fact is anticlimactic, to say the least.
I hate to sound so dour and unflinching on this, but it's something I feel
strongly about.
In LF&S,
Angel
