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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (204073)	11/19/2001 10:50:42 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Your view of the scouts is seriously screwed up! I can only assume you've never had children. And especially not had sons. The scouts are a wonderful organization where children build character, learn skills like safe camping, boating, etc. and bond with their fathers in an atmosphere of caring fun. res- It'a always been my observation that they were nothing but a little paramilitary organization, ie olive drab or tan uniforms, emblems, ranks, badges, dens, troops, survival skills, etc...

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (204073)	11/20/2001 2:14:29 AM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"It'a always been my observation that they (boyscouts) were nothing but a little paramilitary organization" You sound kind of prejudice JF. That is kind of close minded of you.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (204073)	11/20/2001 5:05:42 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Dear JF: You need to learn a lot more about scouting. To call it a paramilitary organization is prepostorous. Scouting teaches youths (male and female) (young and older) what we as a Nation generally consider good qualities, such as honesty, leadership, ability to stand on ones own feet and many skills that even a 2 parent family often has forgotten anymore let alone a single parent family often with that parent being a woman. As Karen said in a post to me, the alternative to scouting especially in the poorer neighborhoods is the GANGS. I was in scouting all of my formative years and personally I cannot think of a single bad experience or a single thing I learned that I would not want my son to know. JDN