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.