I’m amazed at the number of FReepers who still defend the Boy Scouts.
Were you surprised when FReepers defended America when the Obama Administration held the Executive Branch?
It is the same thing.
America isn't the politicians and bureaucrats who operate Leviathan...She is an attitude, a mindset, and a way of life whereby the individual is championed over the collective to facilitate life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Similarly, the Boy Scouts transcend the national office, their policies, and to a certain extent the local Councils. Scouting is, at its core, a time- and Results-tested way of youth formation whereby skills development and leadership are melded to created the men who will run the country tomorrow.
Yes, National is screwed up. But indicting the Assistsnt Scoutmasters, Scoutmasters, and Committees at the Troop level that still execute the mission of Scouting with loyalty and fidelity to Baden Powell is akin to saying the Tea Party members were Obamabots.
I encourage you to work with a local Troop where, on balance, the true spirit of Scouting remains alive.
“’m amazed at the number of FReepers who still defend the Boy Scouts.”
A lot of FReepers defend an amazing variety of egregious and atrocious activities and organizations, and many feel personally compelled to respond with leftist aggression at the very mention of some specifics.
No, I won’t cite examples here. They’re in my posting history.
We left the boy scouts this past year.
The program is not what I recall it being....not even close.
When they decided to allow girls, that’s when both of my kids decided to wave goodbye.