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  • Why the Boy Scouts Work

    05/21/2002 7:15:47 PM PDT · by TxBec · 19 replies · 1,017+ views
    City Journal ^ | Winter 2000 | Heather Mac Donald
    Reposting this from the old FR filesA century ago, this outfit figured out how to fire the imagination of inner-city boys with nature lore, ritual, and a code of conduct stressing duty, honor, and manliness. That's why today's elites hate it. Feeling dispirited about today's youth? Try attending a Boy Scout meeting. You will find a parallel universe to today's vulgar, sexualized youth culture, filled with gestures of sometimes unbelievable delicacy and a code of conduct as anachronistic as sixteenth-century courtiership. Take Harlem's Troop 759. Six boys, from tall to small, sit expectantly around a card table in the basement...