Re: Are you afraid?
Gary Sherwin (sherwin@SUNSHINE.PGH.WEC.COM)
Fri, 10 Feb 1995 13:05:38 EST
Bob:
>
> > Are not the risks associated with driving astronomicaly
> > more dangerous and likely to occur than a law suit or character
> > assasination associated with being a volunteer leader?
>
> The point is incredibly different:
> Car:
> 1. I can get insurence easily and are exected to
> 2. If a lawsuit erupts, I understand my risks,
> 3. I will not loss my job, or opportunity for future employement due to an accident,
> 4. My family will not be rejected by the community,
> 5. My car insurence company will provide full support to resolve the issue.
>
NO THEY ARE NOT AT ALL DIFFERENT:
Car:
1. You can not get insurance against death and collect on it when you and
and you family are run over by a truck.
2. Law Suits are the least important problem. They can be appealed!
Physical and Neural Disfigurement can not be explained away or appealed.
Death can not be appealed.
3. How will you support your family after you are all killed in a fatal accident?
4. That is true, THEY ARE DEAD TOO.
5. The car insurance company will do nothing because the custormer is dead.
> -
> BSA
> 1. Does not provide ANY recommendations about protecting myself
> (The national Ski Patrol has made it VERY clear what I need to understand
> and do to protect myself).
>
> BSA provides NO information or guidence except for 2 deep leadership.
NOT TRUE (At least in our council) this was covered at Basic Training and
Roundtables. I also remember hearing about liability minimilization at
Schiff National Junior Leaders Training, clear back in the 60s.
>
> 2. If a lawsuit erupts, I do not know what the reaction of BSA will be
> I may be unpleasently surprised to find myself out there by myself.
This is a severe charge. I have yet to see BSA leave anyone hanging high
and dry. (Granted my experience is limited. Do you have any examples?)
> 3. I may loss my job, or opportunity for future employement due to wrongful
> lawsuit,
This is true but you are more likely to be killed by a drunk driver.
> 4. My family could be rejected by the community, and my wife's employement
> as a teacher may be in jeopardy.
Not if you follow the youth protection guidelines to the letter.
> 5. I am not convinced that BSA will provide full support to resolve the issue.
>
Why not? Do you have any examples?
> --
> Locally, a boy claimed that a teacher had relations with him.
> He was fired.
> They went to court (2 years later) and the kid said he lied to get back at him.
> His reputation is ruined and because this took 2 years,
> there is no longer a position in the school.
What does this have to do with Scouting? The education system does not follow
our guidelines. Perhaps your wife should quit teaching school to avoid the
risk that such a terrible charge might be leveled against her?
>
> I like car insurence!
So do I, but I like moral principle even more. In the end, I will not have to
answer to my financial standing that insurance protects, I will have to answer
for my moral decisions to do or not to do what is right, reguardless of the
consequences.
A Scout IS
Trustworthy, LOYAL, HELPFUL, FRIENDLY, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, CHEERFULL,
Thrifty, (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAVE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), Clean and REVERENT.
On My Honor, I will DO MY BEST
To do my DUTY to GOD and my COUNTRY
To obey the Scout Law
TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES <<<<-------------<<<<
To keep myself physically strong
Mentaly awake and MORALY STRIAGHT.
Again I think these say it all or should we change them to:
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** A Slug is
** Unreliable
** Undependable
** Helpful when it is to his advantage.
** Friendly as long as no demands are made
** Insulted
** Threatening
** Obedient like a cat
** Cynical
** Miserly
** Cowardly
** Perverted
** and
** Hedonistic
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** I think that
** I will try to do nice things, unless someone threatens me.
** I will help other people when I feel comfortable, and it is to my advantage.
** And bend with every blow of the breeze
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Have we lost our capacity for moral outrage and principle?
Are our decisions of life to be made on the basis of the easy way
instead of right and wrong?
I hope not, I pray not, With God's help, I WILL NOT contribute to social
decay.
Sorry, but to me this is a black and white, right or wrong, moral or immoral
issue.
Since it appears that I am either preaching to the choir or shouting to the wind,
depending on which of you are listening at the moment. This will be my last posting
on this subject. I have nothing more to say and will return to lurking untill
I am awakened again.
YiS
I used to be an Eagle NE-V-19
Gary W. Sherwin SM
Troop 461, Yukon, Pa.
sherwin@sunshine.pgh.wec.com
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