Lambda Rho Beta Fraternity leader Eduardo Escobar and 30 other members involved in the hazing and murder of San Beda College law freshman Marvin Reglos faces possible expulsion from the school. This is according to the San Beda College Administration. The college have been discouraging the various fraternities in its school from any hazing activities but it was still continued secretly. It seems that age old traditions are hard to break, even if it means killing another human being.
Most of the fraternity senior members or alumni defended their brotherhood, citing the various beneficial and advantageous benefits of being a frat member. That's fine but all of these benefits are worthless if human lives are at risk. Sure, not all frat members die during the initiation rites and only a few "unlucky ones" accidentally conk out but still, a death of a single innocent person negates all the benefits that an institution may provide.
Most of the hazing deaths in the country involves law students and this is a bad onset to our future lawmakers. Lawyers are supposed to defend the legal rights of all individuals regardless of their social stature. They are like doctors who take an oath to provide medical remedy to the people. Lawyers also take an oath to look after the legal rights of the populace. But if from the very start of their learning process these future lawyers are already breaking the laws which they are supposed to uphold and support, then how could they morally serve the general public after graduating from school?
No wonder there is a quote that says, "Let's shoot all the lawyers and we'll have a better society" or something to that effect. I do agree, most of the time lawyers make legal things so complicated and complex than it really should. Just look at our leaders, it's wrong to lie, cheat and steal but somehow they all know how to make every wrong thing they do to become so legally right.
Most of the fraternity senior members or alumni defended their brotherhood, citing the various beneficial and advantageous benefits of being a frat member. That's fine but all of these benefits are worthless if human lives are at risk. Sure, not all frat members die during the initiation rites and only a few "unlucky ones" accidentally conk out but still, a death of a single innocent person negates all the benefits that an institution may provide.
Most of the hazing deaths in the country involves law students and this is a bad onset to our future lawmakers. Lawyers are supposed to defend the legal rights of all individuals regardless of their social stature. They are like doctors who take an oath to provide medical remedy to the people. Lawyers also take an oath to look after the legal rights of the populace. But if from the very start of their learning process these future lawyers are already breaking the laws which they are supposed to uphold and support, then how could they morally serve the general public after graduating from school?
No wonder there is a quote that says, "Let's shoot all the lawyers and we'll have a better society" or something to that effect. I do agree, most of the time lawyers make legal things so complicated and complex than it really should. Just look at our leaders, it's wrong to lie, cheat and steal but somehow they all know how to make every wrong thing they do to become so legally right.
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