Re: {OT} NK has Nukes...Bambi 'grave concern'...feel better libs?

"SMS" <scharf.steven@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

My son tolerated one BSA violation, but when their list of mistakes
reached about a dozen, he ditched.

The most serious:
- No religion merit badges for Unitarians.

The Unitarian controversy arose because the Unitarians weren't content
with the informal "don't ask, don't tell" policy in scouting, and went out
of their way to distribute printed materials that criticized the official
BSA policies of discrimination against atheists, agnostics, and gays. This
would be like a Catholic Priest publicly telling his congregation to use
birth control.

I've never met a leader in scouting that didn't criticize those policies,
but they don't go out and print up material and distribute it to the
scouts.

- Troop leader berating kids who wouldn't pray with the rest of the troop
before they were about to leave on an ill-fated road trip.

Time to find a new troop.

The stupidest:
- Knot tying lessons prohibited because boys might do hazardous things
with rope (even with 15 fathers supervising the activity). So much for
that merit badge.

That's pretty bizarre. Again, time to find a new troop.

- Make the youngest kids stand around while some old fart mumbled gun
safety lessons for an hour in 90 degree heat. Gun safety: Good idea. Just
one problem: The youngest kids were two years from being allowed to use
said guns.

Again, time to find a new troop. They are not all created equal. Some have
terrible leadership.


The gun thing was done by an employee of a large regional scout camp used by
troops from all over the state. Our troop had no control over the guy's
actions.

I must admit to having had a bit of fun at the expense of the robots at
another large regional camp. Upon arrival, the kids were told that they
couldn't go wandering off ANYWHERE without a buddy. Not a bad idea. Later,
the kids were gathering for some activity and one of them told his dad that
parents weren't allowed to attend. (Not true, but so what?) All the other
kids piped up with the same nonsense, so four of us dads agreed to stay
behind at the tents. The kids just wanted to flex their muscles without dads
around. Cool. The mob left, accompanied by some camp person.

So, I'm on the cot in my tent reading a book when this severe but hot
looking female official comes along, looks in the tent and says "Sir, camp
rules are that nobody can be without a buddy at any time." I asked her how
far away buddies were allowed to be, since there were several other adults
with 50 feet, also chilling in their tents. She had no answer for that. I
told her she was more than welcome to come into the tent and be my buddy.
She left in a huff without saying a word.


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