I am a 65 year old Eagle Scout. My mom was my Cub Scout leader and my dad was my Boy Scout leader. When my own son was old enough, I was his scout leader and he is an Eagle Scout, as well. This was back in the day when being a Boy Scout and a Scout leader meant something. Nowadays, I am afraid the quality and character of the leadership has much to be desired in many cases.
These two yahoos are prime examples. The Dumb and Dumber label fits them perfectly. A real Scout leader would not have done what they did. They would have taught their scouts reverence and caution around these natural formations and not acted like imbeciles and knocked them over for “safety” reasons. That is bogus. I’m sure they came up with that excuse AFTER they were caught doing this. The idiots filmed this and posted it online? What further evidence, except the desecration act itself, do you need to know that these two guys are a couple of juvenile morons who are not real leaders but immature adults instead?
They should be kicked out of the Boy Scouts by the organization and punished by the law for this. There is no excuse for this kind behavior, especially from the leaders.
Having said all of this, I must state that I am extremely disappointed in the Boy Scouts of America for caving to the PC liberal crowd and allowing homosexuals into their membership. Next step will be to open up leadership to the gays. None of this is a good thing and they have ruined a well-respected, long-standing organization for our nations’ youth by their decision. I am ashamed by what they have done to a once great boys’ movement.
Good, thoughtful post.
I agree.
“I am a 65 year old Eagle Scout....”
Congrats! I’m genuinely jealous.
Seems to me, the one guy fits the profile, literally, of the how-the-heck-is-it-standing round rock more so than what I recall as the pledged properly self maintained scout.
Let’s both hope and pray their recent wrong turn on the trail does not lead the Boy Scouts of America to devolve into Scouting for American Boys.
But I’m afraid the guy with the Pie Eating badge in the video could be another strong wind against the once-great teetering rock of an institution:
“A gay leader would not have been so obtuse... nor so obese.”