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Re: are camp nicknames banned???
steve cobb (scobb@VIVANET.COM)
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 19:14:57 -0400
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> Fellow Scouts & Scouters - we in our Council have been told that National
> has recently sent out a dictate that camp nicknames (like "Flamingo" or
> "Pooh Bear") are no longer permitted at Scout camps.
i just got home from our camp and the Program director is still called
"Boober" and the staff all are using their nicknames such as "Boardy, Doc,
Pugsly, Muffy" and so on.
IMHO one of the worst things that came about in camps is the PC movement.
we can no longer call the scouts that set up and clean up at meals
"gophers" they are now called "waiters". what's the difference?
we were told that the first is demeaning. How? if everyone is going to be
one durning the week it can't be a slur.
oh well, in my troop they are still gophers and i'm proud to say that "I
have been one"
Steve Cobb
"i used to be an Eagle"
2nd ASM Jambo troop 516
SM troop 42, Orleans district
Iroquios Trail Council, Upstate NY
scobb@vivanet.com
fax-716-682-3965
i don't suffer from insanity.
i'm enjoying every minute!
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