Baseplate wrote:distruction. spelling isn't my strong suit
Should have been a Boy Scout and got your Spelling Badge.
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Baseplate wrote:distruction. spelling isn't my strong suit
DirtyBlackSocks wrote:My experience with the Boy Scouts as a child was poor. Our Den Leader did next to nothing to promote any training within the organization for us to earn our skills badge, and most of the meetings ended up with all of the kids watching The Simpsons while the parents hung out downstairs doing whatever they wanted.
I'm sure not all Den's are like this, and I think they are still relevant in many ways. Building strong community bonds in an era when people disassociate themselves from society in favor watching TV, etc.
My son is in an alternative Scouts program that is run by our Church - and it's helped to shape his character and moral values in way that single parenting cannot.
Hell yes they're still relevant, building strong community ties and instilling a sense of community responsibility in kids is as relevant today as it was 100 years ago - if not more so now. As parents we need to be involved, though. It's not a baby sitting service so mom and dad can get an evening to themselves. In most respects it takes extra commitment from parents that we would not be held to if we had chosen to leave our son out of this group.
ANGRYCivilian wrote:I agree. I was in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, and it was gay. No shooting, no backpacking, no real camping...just a whole bunch of gayness in a uniform. This was also in Florida. I imagine that Boy Scouts is probably pretty cool in some place like Utah or Wyoming.rgrokelley wrote:I was a Boy Scout for about two weeks in Florida, then I discovered girls.
Having established by non-Boy Scout credentials, I think the Boy Scouts have been pussified and turns off those who wish to join. My opinion is based upon doing demonstrations with the Boy Scouts over the years. When a Boy Scout has to have a roped off area, in a non-threating zone, just to be able to use a knife to whittle with, they have started down the road to wimpdom. This is merely one example of what I saw, however that is my opinion as an outsider. I imagine it might have the same negative effect on others.
Due to location I have talked to a bunch of Mormons about this. They say the troops are non denominational but obliviously that’s BS when they come back from camping trips on Saturday night so they can make it to church on Sunday. I have already started scoping out other Scout Troops in the area that are NOT sponsored by Mormons.BruteForce wrote:I think it's relevant, but I don't like how it's handled here in Utah.
In Utah, the Mormon church sponsors just about every troop, so there's some Mormon indoctrination that occurs.
I do think as long as the Scouts continue the tradition of teaching outdoorsmanship, basic ethics and working with hand tools, etc that it will remain relevant.
I absolutely can't stand to see a 50-60 year old man in a Boy Scout uniform though -- makes me think Pedophile every time I see it.
Amen, brother!centermass wrote:Nothing like caving in to the needs of the few. What happens now to those "NORMAL" boys who might have joined but now want no part of of having to share a common shower area with a bunch of meat gazers?
I equate this on the same level to letting males join the Girl Scouts with all levels of tasks and domicile areas shared equally amongst both.
"To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and MORALLY STRAIGHT"