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5/8/2018 4:05:41 PM
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Scouts BSA
Okay, normally I try to stay away from posting political stuff, but something has come up that I feel I should put my two cents in.
Recently the Boy Scouts of America has announced they are changing their name to Scouts BSA, based on their decision to begin allowing girls to join. This has stirred up a lot of controversy.
Personally, I'm happy for the change.
Having been in the scouting program my whole life, I can say with complete honestly that it played a big part in becoming who I am today. I attended meetings, learned the skills, earned my Eagle, and spent six summers working at a Scout Camp. I gained an appreciation for nature and for the country I live in, learned to deal with difficult problems, and made a few good friends along the way. I could easily fill a book with all my experiences, both good and bad.
So, why would I want to limit this to only my future sons, or my brothers or nephews? Why shouldn't my nieces be allowed to learn the Oath and Law? Why must my sisters be barred from excellent sources of knowledge about forestry, citizenship and patriotism? As a scout I learned to be self sufficient, to know how to deal with many a difficult task, to understand the value in hard work. Why would I, or anyone for that matter, want to keep my future daughters from participating in this great program?
To those who say scouting is for boys to become men, I say you're wrong. Scouting has always served the purpose of teaching boys how to be reliable friends, honest neighbors, and trustworthy teachers. It's taught them to not be afraid of blood, sweat and tears through cheerful service to others. It has taught them honesty, virtue, morality. And now, the Scouting program wishes to offer these values to girls as well, and I couldn't be happier for them. For some day in the future, if/when I have a daughter of my own, I look forward to being just as proud of my Eagle Scout as I would for my son.
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1 ReplyLet's be honest, this change has nothing to do with allowing young girls their chance to embrace scouting. It has to do with poor attendance. BSA running with this angle isn't going to change the heart of the problem. Little boys aren't joining or staying in the scouts. I can tell you from my personal experience the troop I joined sucked. The only time we went camping was a single trip that was once a year. I joined the Civil Air Patrol a few years later and found that to be substantially more enjoyable and worthwhile experience than the scouts ever could have been.
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I think it's hilarious. Whenever I used to say that boy scouts was way better than girl scouts, people(liberals) would call me a sexist. Well this pretty much proves that I was right.
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2 RepliesLet the women try. They won't beat the best of us. Let them try. I honestly don't care. I'm not sexist, but look at military standards for women. They had standards that not all women could live up to. So they lowered it. It's not a competition, but they can't be like the best of the Boy Scouts physically. I also think that adding girls to Boy Scouts (BSA) makes the organization smarter (women generally are smarter), I feel that takes away from it.
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2 RepliesAll I’ve heard about this subject is that the boy scouts are going to allow girls to join. I have not heard anything from the girl scouts.... So, my question is: Are the girl scouts going to allow boys to join? If girls can join the boy scouts, the boys should be able to join the girl scouts... only seems logical. Honestly, I couldnt care less about any of the “Scouts” associations or the decisions they make. I just find the hypocrisy in this country (on all sides) to be laughable.
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4 RepliesEdited by BozzyTheDrummer: 5/8/2018 6:21:40 PMI am going to try and ask this question without trying to sound too ignorant. Mind you, I know absolutely nothing about the boy scouts or the girl scouts, so I am not asking this to be rude or any other way someone might take this. We have boy scouts and we have girl scouts. If we have girl scouts, then why is there a need for girls to join the boy scouts? I'm not trying to sound like I am against it, I don't see an issue with it. I ask this because I am wondering, are the girl scouts different than the boy scouts? Do the girl scouts operate completely different than boy scouts, or? I genuinely don't know anything about either of them so that's why I am asking.
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2 RepliesRip Girl Scouts
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Now they just need to let me into "asiandating.com"
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1 ReplyEdited by Sprang: 5/9/2018 1:20:58 PMNah. If girls want a scout group for them to be like the boy scouts, then just change the girl scouts, a group already there for them. All of this is ret[b]a[/b]rded
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3 RepliesWe've literally had this for years in Ireland and it has not caused any problems in my time there (about 12 years).
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2 RepliesI’d think that the Girl Scouts should at least be on par with what the Boy Scouts is. Instead of needing to change one to include all and be the better one other than cookies
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1 ReplyIf anything, my years volunteering in scouting and learning about scouting didn't teach me anything about being a man. What it did teach me is to be an effective leader and it taught me valuable life skills that my little cousin never got a chance to see or experience during her short time in the Girl Scouts.
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5 RepliesAs a current life scout, it’s dumb because they already have Girl Scouts. They should stay to gender exclusive programs for adolescents because we are still maturing. Also Boy Scouts was already available for 16 year old women through venturing.
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Well said. I honestly don’t understand all the controversy surrounding this.
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1 ReplyI earned my Eagle back in the day and I think this is generally a good thing. There are obviously things that young women should have access to like survival skills, camping for extended periods of time, etc. I find it funny, though, how much the Girl Scout organization is opposing this change. Clearly they have more in mind than just the well-being of young women, don't they? lol
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1 ReplyI agree with you to an extent. I am an Eagle Scout and I really enjoyed scouts I just think it’s an extra hassle to let girls join the BOY scouts. They would have to make two sub groups one for girls and one for boys. It’s just an extra hassle for everyone and They already have their own scouts. Why can’t the Girl Scouts have some Boy Scouty stuff in them too. I just think it’s a big joke that they’re doing it.
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3 RepliesAgreed
