"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
>
>> "notbob" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 2006-03-28, Doug Kanter > wrote:
>> >
>> >> You're kidding, right? All their cookies are awful.
>> >
>> > Nonsense. I've been buying their shortbread cookies for decades.
>> > Love 'em!
>> >
>> >> I just make a
>> >> contribution and tell them I can't eat cookies. This amazes them.
>> >
>> > That's what I do for their candies. Does freak 'em out, don't it.
>> >
>> > I wish the Boy Scouts shilled something good to eat. When I was a
>> > scout, we sold fireworks to raise money, but the safety police have
>> > screwed that up. I just send them a check directly, thereby avoiding
>> > all that PC bullshit from United Way.
>> >
>> > nb
>> >
>>
>> My son and I had such hideous experiences with the Boy Scouts that the
>> name
>> of the organizations makes us nauseous. No money for them.
>>
>>
>
> How sad...
> They can do SO much good!
>
> The scouts are an excellent alternative to street gangs IMHO.
> --
> Peace, Om.

Yeah, but the goal is to teach boys how to be men, not sheep, which is what
some of the leaders believe.