Posted on 09/01/2006 4:51:41 AM PDT by T-Bird45
Thank heavens my son didn't have a scout leader like 'your kind'.
Funny , I have never associated the words rascist and xenophobic with scouting, and all of my scouting experiences have been in the states of Georgia and Florida.
Certainly Scoutings International Jamboree was going on long before integration happened in mainstream society.
Bou Scout's Lead.
But we can't spell ( Boy Scout's Lead)
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We have a winner. BP saw the effects of 'camp life' on conscripts in the Boer War (not the 1880-81 conflict) but the second Boer War of 1899 - 1902. His use of young boys during the siege of Mafeking give rise to information later found in Aids to Scouting for NCOs and Men.
Not a lot of scocial engineering in the book. It is about military skills and thinking for yourself.
To read BPs own words about the "WHY" of Scouting see http://www.dshearer.fsbusiness.co.uk/sctfiles/bp_talks.htm
Ask your Dist Commissioner, Council Commissioner or your DE about the 5 Unacceptables.
Five unacceptables: Drug abuse, child abuse, hunger, illiteracy, and youth unemployment. Your point?
Just wondered if you'd heard about them. How that is presented at Commissioner training symposiums, depending on the Council, can get a little PCish. It came to mind as I'm the presenter at an upcomming Council Commissioner Symposium.
I have stayed at the unit level and have not attended Commissioner training to observe how much PC creeps in to the presentations. I can certainly see the potential for PC to rise to lofty heights, depending on the facilitator.
Personally, I think regular program elements address these matters without "special emphasis" because each of the unacceptables are in conflict with the basic tenets and core values within the Scout Law and Oath.
I know, I'm struggling to keep the presentation clean of PCisms.
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