Friday - April 24, 2015

About the A**holes in Florida

I am as disgusted as anyone by the actions of the ZBT fraternity members in Florida.  Here is the text of the letter I have sent to them:

Subject Line:  You Have Brought Shame on All of Us

To the ZBT organization,

As a Jew and the son of a military veteran, I am mortified that any organization with Jewish roots, would permit any of its members to behave so disgracefully toward any American military veteran, let alone military veterans who were disabled.  They have brought shame on ALL Jews by their disrespectful actions.

After the debacle in Florida, the only possible redemption for your organization is to very publicly expel the offenders from your organization.

Yours truly,
Jeff *****

If any of your care to express your opinions to the ZBT leadership, here is their email address:

zbt @ zbtnational.org
(I could not get the email address to post normally, so please remove the extra spaces when you use it)

Their phone number:  (317) 334-1898

...and

Headquarters Staff

Supreme Council

Zeta Beta Tau Foundation Board of Directors

I will not accept such unrighteous assholes as any relation of mine.

[ Drew’s addition - in case you hadn’t heard the news about these twerps - is that they spat, pissed, and vomited on a group of disabled veterans at a hotel in Panama City FL, while jeering at them and being abusive.  The frat has been suspended. ]

The University of Florida suspended one of its fraternities on Friday after allegations that its members hurled drunken insults and spat at a group of disabled military veterans at a Panama City Beach resort.

The school said on Friday that it is charging the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity with obscene behavior, public intoxication, theft, causing physical or other harm, and damage to property.

The suspension came after the fraternity had already suspended operations itself and expelled three of its members after finding they had behaved inappropriately.

“I am personally offended and disappointed by the behavior that has been described to me,” Dave Kratzer, the school’s student affairs vice president and retired U.S. Army major general, said in a statement.

The situation occurred while the fraternity and veterans with the Warrior Beach Retreat were at the Laketown Wharf Resort last weekend. The veterans were there for an annual retreat meant to honor their service, and the fraternity had a social function.

Linda Cope, founder of the warrior group, says the frat members were extremely drunk, and were urinating on flags and verbally abusive.

“They were urinating off of balconies, vomiting off of balconies. They could see the men and women below were there with the retreat. They had on hats and shirts with logos,” Cope said.

Members of Zeta Beta Tau from the University of Florida and Emory University in Georgia were attending their spring formals at the resort. Emory officials have said they are investigating, but so far there’s no evidence to implicate their students.

About 60 veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan were attending the retreat that has been held twice a year for the past six years at the resort. Cope started the event in honor of her son Joshua, who lost both legs in Baghdad in 2006 when a roadside bomb exploded under his Humvee.

After the incident, Cope sent a letter to University of Florida President Ken Fuchs and described students spitting on veterans, throwing beer bottles over a balcony and ripping flags off their cars.

Local police did respond, but no criminal charges were filed.

Posted by Dr. Jeff     on 04/24/2015 at 10:08 PM   
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