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What's Happened to the Boy Scouts?

They're now training Explorer scouts to 'combat terrorism'. That's crazy. As a wee bit of backstory, I'm an Eagle Scout. I was a Cub Scout and in scouting from age 8 to about 17 when I was a junior assistant scoutmaster. I got my Eagle when I was fourteen and was an Explorer.

I can't imagine what the point of this is other that a bunch of macho jackasses being, well, macho jackasses - and passing it on to kids. It's just sad that Scouting has come to this; I'm not sure what else to say about it other than I'm disappointed and that my kids won't follow me into Scouting.

posted May 15, 2009 8:29 AM by Kevin Lawver | | boyscouts, jackassery, macho, scouting, stupid | permalink

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  • C.C. Chapman said:

    Wow. I'm speechless. As a former Boy Scout this just leaves a pit in my stomach. Not sure what else to say.

  • Dawson said:

    Raised my eyebrows too, though I bowed out of scouting around Webelos. The entire militarization of the police and now the scouts is disconcerting and worrisome.

  • The Mighty Tim said:

    The Scouts vs. the Terrorists. It sort of reminds of the time we were have a big discussion about the ins and outs of the laws of armed conflict with our flight training instructor, "we" being a bunch of nascent medical officers. He finally sighed and explained, "Look, if the base is being overrun, and the infantry couldn't stop them, and the security forces couldn't stop them...frankly, a bunch of doctors and nurses aren't going to turn the tide."
    Maybe we can give the scouts a pass on the war on terror and let them enjoy childhood a bit longer.

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