Re: School stories
John Ames <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Apr 2026 07:45:57 -0700
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On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 13:28:36 -0700 Bobbie Sellers <[email protected]> wrote: > Generally hazing is done to test the Mettle of the new parties and > group hazing build bonds between those who share misery. [...] In > some of the USA's great universities like Yale and Harvard it builds > bonds that are sustained for life That's certainly the public line whenever a pledge gets killed in a dumb stunt and the traditionalists have to scramble to explain to the cops and the media how this is Fine, Actually. Sounds a lot more high- minded than "institutionalized abuse of newbies is the means by which sociopaths who get off on tormenting people find a socially-acceptable outlet for their disease." It's no friggin' wonder these people end up in politics and Management.