"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.

In article >,
"Doug Kanter" > wrote:

> > 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.

Keep the parents involved.
The majority of that crap can be prevented that way?
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
>
>> > 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.
>
> Keep the parents involved.
> The majority of that crap can be prevented that way?
> --
> Peace, Om.

I was there the whole time. But, there were a lot of kids from households
with missing fathers. They were either alone at the meetings, or with their
mothers, and the moms were not inclined to **** on the troop leader. If it
hadn't been for me and one other dad, there never would've been a knot-tying
night. The leader thought rope was dangerous. A-hole.

In article >,
"Doug Kanter" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
> >
> >> > 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.
> >
> > Keep the parents involved.
> > The majority of that crap can be prevented that way?
> > --
> > Peace, Om.
>
> I was there the whole time. But, there were a lot of kids from households
> with missing fathers. They were either alone at the meetings, or with their
> mothers, and the moms were not inclined to **** on the troop leader. If it
> hadn't been for me and one other dad, there never would've been a knot-tying
> night. The leader thought rope was dangerous. A-hole.
>
>

Ugh. What a wuss!

You could always become a scout troop leader! :-)
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson