On 2004-05-25 06:24:00, MarenMaren wrote:
"It's funny that you mention that ring. That was def the worst ring I ever saw and we talked about it quite a bit. Dale was about 5 inches taller than josh and he was also a kickboxer. Within the first punch Josh's nose was broken and blood was everywhere. Marc Rosenburg was laughing, and Josh had that ring for just joking around. he didn't even touch anyone. To this day if you look at Josh you can tell he has had his nose broken from that. The worst part is he was a brand new resident. I remember he was just standing in front of 3 houses dripping with bloodwhen everyone mindlessly got their feelings off for him. I was a brand new resident too and I was crying at the ring. I was told by an E-7 staff member that If I didn't stop crying I would be next. Some people just accept what has happened and I don't think many of us feel as though we are strong enough to file law suits on our own, now if we could all get together that would be a different thing. When I was a high strength and coordinator I was asked to be the "good guy" in the ring many times with out of controll females, I always refused. And I rememeber being treated like crap for not wanting to participate. Does anyone remember tiffany's 3 house ring where they slammed her head gear over her head so that her hair was completely covering her eyes and she couldn't even fight back. My 4 year anniversary of graduating just passed about 2 1/2 weeks ago and i still can't think about this stufff, it makes me sick to my stomach. I wish all the staff would come to there sences and quit. Maybe go into real rehab progs where they actually can do some good. BTW if you were there for Josh's 3 house ring w/ Dale who are you? Im curious. I probably know you.[ This Message was edited by: MarenMaren on 2004-05-25 06:25 ]"
Thats odd, I went to elan in 88 I think, and we had rings, but if someone got injured the ring would stop immediately and the injured where examined.
Sounds like in your era Elan did not care.
Oh and by the way, the kid that was in the ring and got injured was given a ring becuase he punched his S.P's in the corner and acted out.
You had to assualt to get a ring from my era, don't recall staff actaully laughing, but they did get a rise out of it.