Some fun stats on Boy Scouts

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organization has some serious damage control they’re handling, but the organization is predominantly one that has had a profoundly positive effect on millions.

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Not sure if this is the hill I'd want to die on

My BIL is an eagle scout, and he pulled my nephew out for the dumb crap they are doing.

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 for the dumb crap they are doing

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What are they doing?

Not all counsels/districts/troops are created equal.

Ours are fantastic. But, your BIL obviously had his reasons.

See, I fully expect dogpiling by folks (not you) who are completely ignorant to BSA and following the media circus.

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one that has had

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Key is past tense. Today's scouting organization is not the same one that produced so many high quality young men of years gone by.

I have sons spanning a lot of years - the oldest is nearing 30 and the youngest is 8. I was all in on having the boys be scouts when the oldest was younger, but saw the shifting away from true scouting values. I didn't even have my youngest two boys in cub scouts.

There are better organizations out there today that teach the values scouting used to teach.

Yeah. Just saw that.

Apparently, another pole site has come out with “updated” stats......hmmmmmm

While the stats you posted are commendable, they are way short of what I posted. I’m digging around now.

I’m sensing propaganda by a 3rd party as part of the aforementioned damage control.

Ugh

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The organization has some serious damage control they’re handling, but the organization is predominantly one that has had a profoundly positive effect on millions.

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You know I like to goof around and shite but what's going with the scouts and how they're getting fricked over really is no laughing matter. I'm no frickin' boy scout, not by a far sight but I can see the immense social and cultural value in this.

With this bullshite diddling scandal. bullshite the scouts didn't frickin' create, this organization might go under. I mean do they have any assets other than donated monies and land?

This isn't the catholic church we're talking about here. An organization that has vast wealth. This is the frickin' boyscouts. They survive on volunteerism, donations and fricking caramel corn.

You can't read minds when it comes to diddling pedophiles and shite. At what point do you simply trust the world around you? And instead of holding organizations accountable for personal behavior, you hold fricking individuals accountable. And if those individuals are dead and gone and can't be held accountable. Well then tough frickin' shite.

Yes, that was a melt.

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There are better organizations out there today that teach the values scouting used to teach.

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