Fraternity. Ok or not ok?

[yokam]

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I'm a fratman myself and I know a lot of other people belonging to other fraternities. I just find it so funny when people react violently when they hear the word "fraternity" and equate it to trouble, in other words, gangs, just because of the mistakes of 2, 3 or 4 groups. I've been into a fraternity for more than 2 years and wa man gyud ko kita ug away or gitripan or gibirahan ko, ironically, as to the belief of others, or most people for that matter, I gained a lot of friends and acquaintances, and not only in my fraternity but from other groups as well.

[xtian_hero]

For me, theres a difference between Fraternity and Brotherhood.. Fraternity for me is such a low class kind of group or what i usually call "trouble maker", bunch if purely immature guys... But when you say Brotherhood, its somewhat like a group of people that helps contribute something good to our country... No offense... But thats how we describe it in our place..

but eii... its nice to have a group like Yokam... sounds really professional and mature..

[yokam]

@xtian_hero:

Actually, fraternity and brotherhood, in the strictest and real sense go hand in hand. Fraternity is a group where people share a very common interest/s and is usually an extension of friendship and camaraderie, it is a society, a community. If we go back in history, fraternities has really served their purpose well and not a lot of people can join because recruitment is done either through invitation or thorough and strict screening, unlike now. Some forms of fraternities are social fraternities, honor fraternities, class fraternities, literary/academic fraternities, professional fraternities, and service fraternities to name a few.

What happened now is that people (normally the new ones) who join fraternities doesn't know why they are joining the group, they don't know the essence of the group. It's either join to be "in", to look for sense of belongingness, or simply to look for other people to back them up. That's where the problem starts, they don't know what are they doing in the first place. Sayang kaayo, fraternities could contribute much to society, but because of it's tainted image, people simply look down to such groups as "gangs".

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

And us FRATMEN na gusto mo EDUCATE aron dili ma IGNORANTE ang NON FRATMEN , dili madawat because they chose to be against it without knowing the core .

Just like what THADZ and YOKAM said , closeminded kaau ang mga tao ... just heareing the word FRATERNITY , ulbo dayon mga kaspa . Tsk tsk tsk ... we are not different na murag mga kagaw or sakit kahadlukan ug likayan . Unsay nabuhat ug gipangbuhat sa mga FRATMAN , nabuhat ug gipangbuhat pod na sa NON FRATMAN mapa POSITIVE or NEGATIVE na siya na issue .

Karon , like the fratman myself and very proud of it ... is that a suggestion from the guys who are against that you are all better than me/us in general kay kamo NON FRATMAN mo and by being NON FRATMAN dili mo matawag ug DIMAL ug SAGBOT sa katilingban ?

[xtian_hero]

@yokam:

your right... its just that we use "fraternity" as a word of a group to recognize what they are, to differentiate between good group and bad group.. its not that I'm against frat or to you guys who are members in frat...

I actually have lots of friends that are involved in Frat, even my uncle and kuyas are members of frats.. I know what they can do, and I know what they are capable of doing... Some are dangerous, some contributes to society...

Conclusion is, its ok to be a member in frat. It will depend how its gonna be handled... It can fall into a bad a** leader... It can also fall into a good leadership....

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

@ XTIAN ... being a BADASS LEADER is better than a GOOD LEADER , depeding on how you use the LITERAL MEANING but when using the word BADASS , it is always meant to say something if not " the BEST " , " EXCELLENT " .

To all who are against of FRATERNITIES :

Ist clear now that everything stated are just pure GENERALIZATION and STEREOTYPING .

[xtian_hero]

@springy...

- well.. my definition as a Bad A** leader would be a bad one.... that would be troublesome.. don't you think?... well, if you use Bad A** leader as a compliment.. then.. I'd say, his a cool leader... what more can I say?..

[epson]

frat fret frit frot frut...
wa jud ayu...not ok..
usually bugno ra pangita...kiat lang agi

sakto!

[epson]

not ok! k?

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

@springy...

- well.. my definition as a Bad A** leader would be a bad one.... that would be troublesome.. don't you think?... well, if you use Bad A** leader as a compliment.. then.. I'd say, his a cool leader... what more can I say?..

I understand what you meant mao I rephrase kay literally BAD man kay like me .. when you say BADASS , I would think of it as a GOOD ONE or BEST ONE .

Saying also COOL LEADER doesnt justify also on a POSITIVE NOTE all the time . Well , offtopic na man ta and again for me BADASS signifies a GOOD LEADER . I would rather use EVIL LEADER or CORRUPT LEADER hhehehe .