Posted on 06/02/2014 9:32:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Wasn't there a short-lived effort a number of years ago to combine the BSA and Girl Scouts into a single organization? Sort of like the Camp Fire Girls did back in the '70s?
Same here unfortunately.
Unfortunitaly I believe that there has been one example of this.
No doubt that the Scouts have been pussified to a large degree.
The problem (as I see it) is that back when you an I were scouts, the leaders were men, and in fact almost all were WAR VETS from WW2 and Korea. Today’s ‘Nam Vets, Desert Storm Vets and the like, are just not as numerous. And, there are a lot more women involved in boy scouting than before.
Forget the whole faggot thing for a minute, and realize that the more women you have involved, the softer things will get. More single mothers, who simply have no idea what boys are like when they are with 30 or 40 other boys.... They don’t like what they see when their boys are with other boys. The rough-housing, the pecking order, the peer pressure to toughen up, the boisterousness, show-off, guns, archery, knives, and so forth.
The Boys Scouts needs MEN, to make boys into men, not women making them into...
I remember when “Scouting for Boys” meant ‘Scouting, for boys’.
Now it has an entirely different, predatory meaning.
Seen it happen in Cubs/Webelos...we will get kids that haven’t earned their Whittlin’ Chip (knife safety, use and care) while in Cubs because the women either don’t know or are scared (had one admit this) to teach the boys because “knives are sharp”.
Excellent points! I agree with all of them.
Mitt Romney, who has supported gay scout leaders since at least 1994, took action against the anti-gay Boy Scout volunteers during the 2002 Winter Olympics that he headed.
I( guess he can be detail oriented when he wants to be.
Ban queers from Scouting period and watch your numbers go back up. Keep your “open (back) door” policy and watch them continue to dwindle until you become irrelevant.
Corporate money always corrupts.
Back when I was a Cub Scout Leader (see my tagline to know what uniform I wear now) I taught Whittling Chip as one of our last meeting for the year. The next fall I asked my den how many of them used their pocketknife over the summer. They all raised their hands. Then I asked how many cut themselves. Same response. Everybody laughed.
anyone with a kid still in the BS’s
should please, please
remove him TODAY!
there ARE, in many places, other boys clubs... some very good ones.... tell your friends,
just saying...
Sorry to say it, but Scouting is over and done for.
This is a TRUE story...I taught some new Webelos (our son was one) their Whittlin’ Chip and right after the meeting, our son pleaded with mom to use his brand new, never opened Swiss Army knife to carve on a bar of soap.
Cut himself within 5 minutes and the wife was mad...”Hey!” I told her, “at least the knife was clean and all we have to do is a butterfly bandage and a bandaid.”
She was NOT amused...to this day, our son is proud of that scar.
In my Cub Scout troop alone, we've seen a 50% reduction, year-over-year. And I've heard the same thing anecdotally from other troops.
The real kicker is going to come during recruitment drives. The local school board has decided to *not* allow the Cub Scouts to recruit at the schools, starting this year. We're trying to figure out alternative plans, but I think that this will be the death knell for our local pack.
I feel sorry for the kids, but I don't blame the School Board for their decision, either. Actions have consequences.
They are. Actually, the sharper they are, the safer they are, but that would be lost on people who don't know/don't care.
And, I'd add that all it takes is one good slice on your finger to break the habit of not being careful.
It’s what I drill into the boys’ heads...”sharp knives are safe knives.” Sounds like an oxymoron, but you nailed it in saying that it’s lost on people who don’t know or care.
I’d venture to say that there’s probably not a man or kid around (who isn’t “pussified”) that has used a knife and doesn’t bear some scar(s) from doing so.
I have mine...in my mind, badges of honor from a bygone era when boys were boys and men were men...
It’s easy to say that...the reality is far different.
For the family that isn’t too conflicted over homosexuality being a sin, it’s an easy choice. There have been those, who being so close to Eagle, walked away from the BSA over this decision.
For the more secular or PC indoctrinated...not so easy...especially for those who are close to finishing their Eagle...
Believe it or not, the Eagle award will still mean something to a vast majority in America for a while.
It’s an icon and these boys have worked hard to earn it.
As angry as I am over the failed leadership at National, my heart is broken for the BSA...I just don’t have the “fire in my belly” for it any longer...I’m simply going through the motions, running out time until my resignation on 31 December.
I’m only going this long to honor my commitments to Scouts and parents to take Scouts to Philmont, see a couple through to Eagle and transition the Troop to a new SM.
I was in your position last year. My oldest son earned eagle in December. It pained us all to leave but it was the right thing. My other son is life. He may return to finish eagle but only after he earns Trail Life’s pinnacle award, the Freedom Award. It’s harder to earn.
His Eagle ceremony was two weeks ago. It hurt to not wear my uniform. We barel mentioned trail life because it was his day to honor his achievement as a Boy Scout.
Our involvement is BSA was deep. I was founding scoutmaster of our troop. The whole troop less one kid moved to trail life USA. It was by far a great decision.
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