Please do us all a favor and learn about a subject before spouting off BS.
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Before spouting off BS do us all a favor and read this link which exposes how you leftist feminazis have shamefully ruined the scouting organizations in America. Despicable!
krizzy challenges fortes fortuna juvat to learn about Scouting before posting as an alleged authority.
fortes fortuna juvat's response is A LINK to an article on some dude's website, that is basically a cutting and pasting of court filings.
I'm not sure where to start, and life is short, so I'll stick to this paragraph:
The competition, more conjecture than reality two years ago, has intensified as the Boy Scouts of America organization — which insists recruits pledge to be “trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous and kind” — has unfairly recruited girls lately, according to claims in legal briefs filed on behalf of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
A few points:
1. Scouts are not "recruits." Indeed, most kids join Scouts via friends bringing them to meetings or via Cubs' "crossing over" ceremonies. It is a voluntary membership organization. Indeed, this was the crux of the SCOTUS case in 2000.
2. Scouts "recite" (i.e. To list or enumerate) the Scout Law, they do not "pledge." (: a binding promise or agreement to do or forbear b(1) : a promise to join a fraternity, sorority, or secret society). Maybe this is nitpicky, but all the writer had to do was use a search engine to find that " The Scout Law has 12 points. Each is a goal for every Scout. A Scout tries to live up to the Law every day. It is not always easy to do, but a Scout always tries."
3. Again, maybe this is nitpicky, but the author only reprints a handful of the points of the Scout Law. Why not the whole lot? Did Ms. Donovan reach her word limit? We don't know. What we DO know, however, is that even in Ms Donovan's few words, she messes up twice (1) the Points of the Law should be capitalized, and (2) the use of quotation marks implies that there is something being referenced or could be footnoted...however, in the proper Scout Law there is NO "and".
This kind of slop is what I expect from Gateway Pundit and American Thinker. I guess I have a few other sources to add to my list of subpar references. Thanks for the heads-up.