Here’s a way to curb Frats.
by Pachico A. Seares
News Sense
Few fraternities have gained more notoriety than Akrho and Tau. Fairly or unfairly, the frat names bring images of death and mayhem.
Frats gather people of common interest, promoting friendship and other virtues that bind persons and groups.
Tau and Akrho do promote brotherhood, but other good traits, such as respect for law and order, flee.
Members pounce on rivals, using guns, knives, and other devices to kill or maim.
Even if Akrhos and Taus commit crimes, police cannot lock them up and dump the key. Taus and Akrhos, unlike vigilante victims, get due process. And their money and lawyers make prosecution tough.
Police tried forging pacts of peace, cooperation, and similar jazz. Since frats can't be outlawed, police wanted to brand them undesirables and public enemies. The mayor, used to bullying villains, briefly but oddly played big brother and coddler.
What to do
Here's something Melv Gayotin, Vic Loot, and other police chiefs may consider: Remove Akrho and Tau from the scene by removing their labels.
When frat members figure in any crime, list them as ordinary suspects, minus frat IDs. As once done to Moses, remove Akrho and Tau from police blotters and other tablets on which media base their reports.
Reduced to frat-less perps, Akrhos and Taus just might decide to become better citizens---or plain hooligans without the deodorizing frat names.
VERY WELL SAID! but unfortunately the newspapers including yours always highlight the group because it becomes more interesting because whether you agree or not, we sell. Right SPRING?!