Hazing death: The real barbarians

The six arrested frat members being brought to court. - PDI

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network):In the language of fraternities, they are called “barbarians.”

This derisive term is used to describe people who are not members of tightly-knit “brotherhoods” that charge as an admission fee the steep price of being beaten on the posterior of the applicant’s thighs, or sometimes buttocks, with a wooden paddle.