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Quick drive by Scout post (spoils)

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Jul 17 '12, 12:22

I don't give one tenth of one shit what BSA National says. I barely care what the Greater St. Louis Area Council or my own North Star District say.

Like Col. Jessup said, "I run my unit how I run my unit."

And I'll tell you right now, that more often than not, that is the case for Cub Scout Packs and Boy Scout Troops.

Do I agree with the exclusion of gays and atheists and whoever else? Of course not...that's why MY unit doesn't give a fuck.

When the BSA starts sending me a check, I'll give a fuck about rules like that. as long as I'm volunteering my time, I'll help teach what I consider to be the important parts of the Scouting program to any boy that wants to learn them.

Bottom line...atheists and gay kids can certainly benefit from what I consider to be the core teachings of Scouts.

To quote the oath: "To help other people at all times. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight."

Gay/straight, black/white, atheist/Catholics...all boys will benefit from those things...and that's what I teach in my units. And that's what tens of thousands of other volunteer leaders teach their units.

Despite what National says.

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Responses:

awesome -- nm - Epiphany Jul 17, 12:43
two thumbs up -- nm - ceregon Jul 17, 12:42
Cool. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 17, 12:35
:-) *High five* -- nm - MDH Jul 17, 12:35
straight to my point. It's volunteer run and you, sir, are awesome -- nm - CQ Jul 17, 12:34
Nicely said Jim. -- nm - amoxy Jul 17, 12:31
"And I'll have a badge for watching complete seasons of Survivor if I damn well please." -- nm - con_carne Jul 17, 12:30 2
- "this one with Jeff Probst's face? yeah that badge is called Proficiency in Lying and BackStabbing." -- nm - Andie Jul 17, 12:31 1
  - "Also? Extra credit for being a halfway decent Jeopardy host" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 12:34
Nicely said. Though it does raise an interesting question for me. - pmb Jul 17, 12:29 12
- Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a flying f*ck? Planes are cramped and crowded. -- nm - mafic Jul 17, 12:34
- Do you kiss your clients with that mouth? -- nm - Max Jul 17, 12:34 6
  - I'm sorry if I've offended. I'm pretty sure that I'm using the correct technical terms. - pmb Jul 17, 12:38 5
    - Mostly I'm just interested in how many clients you've kissed. -- nm - Max Jul 17, 12:51
    - Mel Points if you do it in Old English. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 17, 12:40 3
      - wearing a powdered wig. -- nm - loosilu Jul 17, 12:40 2
        
        Ten percenteth of a turdeth exceedeth the value of a severed portion of a soaring copulatory act. -- nm - pmb in a powdered wig Jul 17, 12:50
        
        he must roll the R's. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 17, 12:49
- how does that compare to a rat's ass? -- nm - loosilu Jul 17, 12:32 1
  - and how many rat's asses are in a metric f*ck-ton? - evil atheist znufrii Jul 17, 12:36
- 50 Mel Points -- nm - oblique Jul 17, 12:30 1
  - I'm fining you 1Million Mel Points. - Mel Profit Jul 17, 12:33
I started cub scouts in Alabama, we got ready to do a first aide demo at the jamboree but was not allowed to go because our troop had black kids -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 12:28 16
- sickening. that should be called out to National -- nm - Remlik Jul 17, 12:34 4
  - It was mid 60's back when govenors were standing in the door to prevent black kids from entering white schools - zeitgeist Jul 17, 12:36 3
    - ah. thought you meant recently -- nm - Remlik Jul 17, 12:38 2
      - yes, he recently was a Boy Scout. - loosilu Jul 17, 12:39 1
        
        Cub! -- nm - mara Jul 17, 12:55
- that's disgraceful. -- nm - loosilu Jul 17, 12:32
- And that's a shame. Our next Senior Patrol Leader (the kid who runs the entire troop) will be either my oldest... - Jim Jul 17, 12:30 9
  - I suppose an atheist won't stand out so obviously at a jamboree -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 12:31 8
    - Unless it is znu. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:33 7
      - don't put it on your name tag, dummy -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 12:34 1
        
        damnit! why didn't you tell me that before hand? -- nm - evil atheist znufrii Jul 17, 12:37
      - only cause he has a pet unicorn that would follow him -- nm - Remlik Jul 17, 12:33 4
        
        you should see my pinewood derby car... -- nm - evil atheist znufrii Jul 17, 12:37 3
        
        Did I tell ST about my illegally weighted car? - Spawn Jul 17, 12:38 2
        
        let me guess... - evil atheist znufrii Jul 17, 12:41 1
        
        You are smart. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:43
very cool. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 17, 12:28
well said. -- nm - evil atheist znufrii Jul 17, 12:25
nice. -- nm - Remlik Jul 17, 12:25
:) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 12:25
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nice. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 17, 12:24
*golf clap* -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:23
:) -- nm - Andie Jul 17, 12:23 4
- I love it, but it still does not help me with my own location. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:28 3
  - become a leader! -- nm - Andie Jul 17, 12:31 2
    - If that allows me slap parents around that need it, cool. -- nm - Spawn Jul 17, 12:32 1
      - Bitch Slapping Badge - Epiphany Jul 17, 12:44

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