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Boy Scouts' handbook banned as WMD -
News of the World - UK ^
| February 29, 2004
| Keith Williams
Posted on 02/29/2004 5:03:27 AM PST by UnklGene
Boy Scouts' handbook banned as WMD -
By Keith Gladdis, Deputy Political Editor
THE Boy Scouts' official handbook has been blacklisted by the governmentbecause it could be used as a training manual by Osama bin Laden.
For almost 100 years the scout and cub movement has sworn by Scouting For Boys, written by founder and Boer war hero Lord Baden-Powell.
It teaches youngsters survival in the wild. But forget Akela, it's al-Qaeda Whitehall fears.
Anti-terror chiefs are convinced fanatics will use the book. Under the Terrorism Act 2000 merely owning a copy puts you in the frame.
Labour MP Bob Marshall-Andrews confirmed: "I've seen it on a list of books in an indictment. It's undoubtedly an offence just to possess it."
The book's vital gen includes advice to take care when felling timber "lest you miss the tree and chop your own leg".
The legislation was designed to hit bomb-making guides such as The Terrorists' Handbook.
But while it is unlikely scout troops will be hauled off to Guantanamo Bay, MP Bob insists the law is so broad it could snare the innocent.
A Scout Association boss said their book is based on high moral principles, such as loving all fellow humans, and added: "Our movement condemns all acts of terrorism."
But, if you spot anyone suspicious with a beard, a woggle and a talent for lighting fires by rubbing sticks together, call the cops.
Be prepared!
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bsa
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posted on
02/29/2004 5:03:28 AM PST
by
UnklGene
To: UnklGene
Bizzaro world stikes again.
2
posted on
02/29/2004 5:10:49 AM PST
by
sopwith
(don't tread on me)
To: UnklGene
Knowledge is power. All knowledge can be used for evil as well as good.
Considering how many copies of the Boy Scout Handbook have been printed, banning this book is closing the barn door after the horses have gone.
Go to most any used book table at a flea market and you can most always find at least one copy.
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posted on
02/29/2004 5:11:18 AM PST
by
Pontiac
(Ignorance of the law is no excuse, ignorance of your rights can be fatal.)
To: UnklGene
Sounds like something from the Onion.
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posted on
02/29/2004 5:18:15 AM PST
by
NautiNurse
(Missing Iraqi botulinum toxin? Look at John Kerry's face)
To: UnklGene
Gor heaven's sake don't let "them" know about Elsworth Jaeger's books such as WILDWOOD WISDOM!
I'm going to bury my 44 year old copy now before the feds find out about it!
To: UnklGene
Is this a joke!??
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posted on
02/29/2004 5:21:39 AM PST
by
armyboy
(Posting from Sustainer Army Airfield Balad, Iraq. All Gave Some...Some Gave All)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Gor heaven's sake don't let "them" know about Elsworth Jaeger's books such as WILDWOOD WISDOM! The Foxfire books are likely on the list too. Oh, Rodale Press, anything by Rodale Press.
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posted on
02/29/2004 5:24:08 AM PST
by
Cboldt
To: Cboldt
Be afraid,
Very afraid.
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posted on
02/29/2004 5:34:12 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: sopwith
I have 2 copies of "The Whole Earth Catalog". Anybody remember them from the 70's?
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posted on
02/29/2004 5:46:21 AM PST
by
Lokibob
(All typos and spelling errors are mine and copyrighted!!!!)
To: UnklGene
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posted on
02/29/2004 5:51:18 AM PST
by
nuconvert
(CAUTION: I'm an acquaintance of someone labelled :"an obstinate supporter of dangerous fantasies")
To: Lokibob
I think its been published again in an updated version.
To: nuconvert
Your posted picture is blasphemous -- blasphemous, I say! Restore Lord Baden Powell!
On a serious note, would you let your boys go on an overnight camp-out with a goat-humper?
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posted on
02/29/2004 5:55:37 AM PST
by
AngrySpud
(Behold, I am The Anti-Crust ... Anti-Hillary)
To: UnklGene
I could only hope that OBL could understand what Scouting teaches.
Tolerance of any person's belief in their God,
Duty to self and community,
and even obeying the Law of the Pack!!
To: nuconvert
To: UnklGene
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posted on
02/29/2004 7:45:59 AM PST
by
Ken H
To: UnklGene
It takes so long to start a fire rubbing to sticks together I never was able to do it. Starting a fire with flint and steel is much better.
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posted on
02/29/2004 7:48:10 AM PST
by
rewrite
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
or Ted Nugent's "Kill it and grill it" cookbook!!!!
To: rewrite
Two words: Bic lighter.
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posted on
02/29/2004 7:59:06 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Why the long face, John?)
To: UnklGene
And, thus, we pass from the ridiculous to the sublime.
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posted on
02/29/2004 8:22:38 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(Repeal CFR NOW!!)
To: Jeff Chandler
"Two words: Bic lighter." Plus a magnifying glass. In my bug out kit I carry everything I need to survive 2 weeks.
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posted on
03/01/2004 6:12:31 PM PST
by
Mikey
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