Monday, November 10 2008: Love/Hate
I really have a tempestuous love/hate relationship with the BSA. Saturday was devoted to "new leader training" which is a code word for crushing my ass on a metal folding chair trying to ignore LDS propaganda on the walls whilst watching PowerPoint presentations.
The instructor for the first class was this goof-ball who 5 minutes into the lecture gets to the "god and country" part of the Cub Scout Oath. "The BSA is not a religious organization", he says, and I think "Yippee, this is one of my people." He then follows it up by saying, "They [sic] call us a religious organization." Oh, TJ.
Now bear in mind this guy had silver epaulets on his uniform (signifying he works at the district level), so in other words, he should have known better. The BSA labeled themselves a religious organization so they could continue to discriminate against faggots and infidels in defiance of Federal laws, common decency, and the basic principles of Scouting (helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, cheerful). This (and not some imagined prejudice on the part of 'They' against believing in god and country) is why public schools are reticent to charter BSA units anymore.
Oh well, he did have a lucid two minutes while closing where he gave an inspirational message about how the true locus of change is not popular politicians but volunteers in community oriented organizations like the BSA. I hate to love the BSA, but I kinda do.
The instructor for the first class was this goof-ball who 5 minutes into the lecture gets to the "god and country" part of the Cub Scout Oath. "The BSA is not a religious organization", he says, and I think "Yippee, this is one of my people." He then follows it up by saying, "They [sic] call us a religious organization." Oh, TJ.
Now bear in mind this guy had silver epaulets on his uniform (signifying he works at the district level), so in other words, he should have known better. The BSA labeled themselves a religious organization so they could continue to discriminate against faggots and infidels in defiance of Federal laws, common decency, and the basic principles of Scouting (helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, cheerful). This (and not some imagined prejudice on the part of 'They' against believing in god and country) is why public schools are reticent to charter BSA units anymore.
Oh well, he did have a lucid two minutes while closing where he gave an inspirational message about how the true locus of change is not popular politicians but volunteers in community oriented organizations like the BSA. I hate to love the BSA, but I kinda do.
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