I feel sorry for the death of Cris Mendez, a (would have been) graduating Public Ad student from UP Diliman. He was killed due to hazing, I think last week, and until now, the people involved (those who took him to the hospital and the doctor who signed that he died of something else and not due to hazing) are missing in action. I read articles about him, even a blog entry written by his friend, plus I got to view his Friendster Profile, and based from those, Cris seemed a very friendly person, someone who's very approachable and nice. I knew a lot of people mourned. I feel sorry for his family. I read that he lost his father and I'm sure he's being highly relied on to improve his family's way of living. At 20, he's still very young and I know he had lots of plans for himself. That's probably the reason why he decided to join a fraternity. What puzzles me so much is why didn't these intelligent (I'm being sarcastic) fratmen know when to stop the hazing? Though I have never witnessed an actual hazing, I'm sure I can, and anyone can, identify when a person's too weak to proceed with the hazing. What more if you've been hazing thousands of people every year? I can just imagine them still kicking Cris, paddling him continuously, while he lay there, motionless, unresponding. They said that the frat who killed him traces their roots from the UP College of Law.Well, that's law and justice for you. Your own justice, your own law, killing you. Your future leaders, future politicians, future lawyers, future judges...Perfect.

I'm sure nobody in that fraternity will come out and confess or claim responsibility. I know a lot of people who are members of fraternities (including THAT fraternity) and I know that one of the things they swore to their peace-loving brotherhood is to always stand up for each other no matter what. There you go. They are standing up for each other, especially on the no matter what part. Damn, I wonder if these people can ever sleep at night. But wait, forgive me. I'm sure they can, because I'm sure it's not the first time this has happened, and I'm sure that they know that they will eventually get away with this. I just came across their website, and read their motto/slogan/whatever, and it says something about the true test of being a member of their fraternity is not individual greatness, but in not leaving any member in disgrace. That explains it.