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Boy Scout leaders vandalize ancient rock formation [At Least they celebrate sodomy]
NBC ^ | 10/18/13

Posted on 10/19/2013 5:04:45 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

In Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park, three men toppled a giant rock formation that’s 170 million years old in just 14 seconds...

...caught on a cell phone camera, and a lot of people are wondering what they were thinking. nbc's miguel almaguer sat down with the men involved and has our report from utah .

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: scouts
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But hey, at least the BSA gladly embraces sodomy.

Onmyhonor.net is a good alternative for people who want to avoid the Boy Scouts.

1 posted on 10/19/2013 5:04:46 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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Didn’t take much to topple it. It would’ve toppled by itself in a year or 20 million....


2 posted on 10/19/2013 5:12:08 AM PDT by freebilly (Creepy and the Ass Crackers....)
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To: SoFloFreeper
toppled a giant rock formation that’s 170 million years old in just 14 seconds

Actually, that is a nice analogy for what is happening to our country right now.
3 posted on 10/19/2013 5:13:01 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: SoFloFreeper

They wanted to save a child from being crushed....yeah - okay - how about you not take a child to an area where a large rock could fall and crush them....how about you not put kids in vehicles - since accidents can kill - I mean - that kind of logic, how many kids troop through that area in the first place...it was a bunch of fat men showing off their sumo warrior and thought it was funny until faced with a felony...kinda like the BSA thinking it’s alright to allow homosexuals in until faced with a 10 million $$$ civil suit for allowing pedobears in their ranks...personal responsibility is rare anymore!


4 posted on 10/19/2013 5:13:12 AM PDT by BCW (Salva reipublicae)
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To: SoFloFreeper

did they know it was something special

it just looked like a bunch of rock to me


5 posted on 10/19/2013 5:13:58 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Not the kind of scout leaders I grew up with.


6 posted on 10/19/2013 5:15:21 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
The libtards over at HP were comparing them to the Taliban who blew up the ancient Buddhist statue in Afghanistan...

Like I said...libtards...

7 posted on 10/19/2013 5:17:58 AM PDT by Popman (Liberal wars are about killing people for humanitarian reasons...)
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To: SoFloFreeper

There’s only a thousand or more of those in that area. Big deal, it’s just a rock. Let the boys have some fun.


8 posted on 10/19/2013 5:19:08 AM PDT by lafarge
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To: SoFloFreeper

They should have to put it back in place.


9 posted on 10/19/2013 5:19:23 AM PDT by txrefugee
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Typical report from NBC to degrade any conservative organization. But beyond that the BSA District involved should terminate those moron leaders from any further leadership positions or in that or any other Boy Scout Troop.

All of those so-called adult leaders should be charged criminally.

“The men, who were leading a Boy Scout group, “are currently under criminal investigation,” he told CNN. “It gives you a pit in your stomach. There seems to be a lot of happiness and joy with the individuals doing this, and it’s not right. This is not what you do at a natural scenic area.”

” Boy Scouts of America spokesman Deron Smith confirmed the men are members of the organization, and condemned their actions. He said in a statement that the organization is “shocked and disappointed by this reprehensible behavior” and is reviewing the matter to see if action needs to be taken.

Swalberg said State Parks authorities are conducting a criminal investigation. The Emery County Attorney’s Office also is reviewing the incident to determine if charges should be filed.”


10 posted on 10/19/2013 5:20:30 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: SoFloFreeper

Make no mistake.

As bad as it is, and it was utterly irresponsible of the Scout leaders, this is about one thing: doing as much damage as possible to the gay-hating Scouts organization.

If a busload of midnight-basketball players had done this, we’d be having a national conversation about cultural sensitivity...


11 posted on 10/19/2013 5:21:55 AM PDT by IncPen (When you start talking about what we 'should' have, you've made the case for the Second Amendment)
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To: lafarge
There’s only a thousand or more of those in that area. Big deal,

But, but... toppling over that rock disturbed the delicate balance of nature.../ S

it’s just a rock.

Maybe to you and me but to a libtard it a symbol...

12 posted on 10/19/2013 5:27:02 AM PDT by Popman (Liberal wars are about killing people for humanitarian reasons...)
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Mssrs ‘Dumb and Dumber’ do not belong in a fine organization such as the Boy Scouts of America.

All that those idiots accomplished was provide further ammunition to those on the Left that hate and want to destroy any conservative youth organizations.

Glen Wright, a Scout executive in the state, said the Scouting organization is conducting an internal investigation. Deron Smith, a national spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America, called the leaders’ behavior “reprehensible.”

Utah’s director of state parks, Fred Hayes, said he was appalled by the video and that his agency had launched a criminal investigation. Glen Wright, a Scout executive in the state, said the Scouting organization is conducting an internal investigation. Deron Smith, a national spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America, called the leaders’ behavior “reprehensible.”

“Obviously, this type of activity does not represent Scouting or what it teaches in any way,” Smith told The Times in an email.

The incident revisits the thorny issues of humans’ relationship with nature and at what point concern for human safety outweighs the integrity of the environment.

To state officials, it’s a question of desecration and vandalism. To the Boy Scouts, it’s a question of to what extent the leaders violated the almost sacrosanct principle of “leave no trace camping,” a philosophy that seeks to minimize human impact on the environment through proper waste disposal and camping practices.

As to which principles of that philosophy the leaders violated?

“Well, everything,” said Wright, the Scout executive.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-utah-boy-scout-leader-toppling-rock-safety-concerns-20131018,0,334713.story


13 posted on 10/19/2013 5:34:10 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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14 posted on 10/19/2013 5:36:48 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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The muslems have them beat. Remember the statues the terrorists blew up.
15 posted on 10/19/2013 5:38:36 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: driftdiver

NBC hates anything conservative and just wants to destroy BSA by pushing their homosexual agenda onto the BSA.

Another thread this morning shows how NBC is moving forward with their agenda.

With openly gay correspondent, NBC sticks thumb in Russia’s eye
Politico ^ | 10/18/13 | Dylan Byers

Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 7:34:17 AM by SoFloFreeper

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3080894/posts


16 posted on 10/19/2013 5:38:39 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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The rock was unstable and would have fallen on its own in a short time.

Typical conservationist’s wet dream.


17 posted on 10/19/2013 5:41:34 AM PDT by caltaxed
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To: KeyLargo

The BSA has already bent over to the homosexual agenda.


18 posted on 10/19/2013 5:46:32 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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did they know it was something special

Goblin Valley State Park is known for those rock formations. These guys were pretty stupid but they wouldn't have been that stupid. They knew.

19 posted on 10/19/2013 5:47:18 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: lafarge
Let the boys have some fun.

I'm sure they're going to find their trip through the legal system to be a real blast.

20 posted on 10/19/2013 5:48:40 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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