“Hash tag: Yes to Fraternity, No to Hazing”
Have you ever imagined yourself blindfolded, violently dragged to somewhere you even don’t know, struck hard by a paddle or a hard object and felt the excruciating pain? Do you have any idea of how will you ever survive the bruises, wounds and lashes you will get? It will not only scar your skin and flesh but your mind and soul, beating you physically, mentally and emotionally and worst may lead to your death.
Fraternity - the most conventional thing that people who have nothing to do in life resort to; the brotherhood that protects its foundation towards less sensible goals; and the growing parasites of the society inflicting students and youth. Well, these are the common perceptions we initially think of about the fraternity. This must be the NEGATIVE view of this so-called brotherhood but let’s try to peek in beyond its surface.
Brotherhood, it’s the considered primary reason why a group of people entitled themselves to establish a fraternity. Fraternities actually ruled the world. From a continent reaching the other end of another continent, you can never deny the existence maybe not called as fraternity but a brotherhood that stands for something they would fight unto force just like any other.
In Filipino term, brotherhood is the “kapatiran”. Never been an alien to our ears, this kapatiran is composed of men with common goals in which they protect and cultivate, and this purposely unites them. Fellows, let’s be historians in a minute and dig into our past. Dated during the Spanish colonial in our country, Filipinos formed Katipunn or Ang Kataastasang, Kagalanggalangang, Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (KKK) in which they performed blood compact and sworn to free the Philippines from Spanish rule through revolution. They were the founding fathers of Katipunan like Andres Bonifacio and members of the La Liga