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Re: Flag on uniform
James H. Moss (JHMoss@LAWYERNET.COM)
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:35:31 -0700
There is a big gulf between prohibited and politically incorrect. I am sure
that several people might say that to wear anything other than a correct BSA
uniform is wrong. However, IMHO, equally wrong would be to make a
non-American wear an American Flag, etc. Find out what you need to do to
have a unit in Thailand and register if you so desire with the BSA. Put
together a uniform everyone is happy with and do the best job possible to
help all the youth become good young men.
Jim Moss
Yours in Scouting
Jim Moss
12340 W. Alameda Pkwy., Lakewood, CO 80228-2841
Eagle Class of 69, Vigil, Denver Area Council
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scouts-L Youth Group List [mailto:Scouts-L@listserv.tcu.edu]On
> Behalf Of Koopmans, Auke (FAORAP)
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 2:53 AM
> To: SCOUTS-L@LISTSERV.TCU.EDU
> Subject: Flag on uniform
>
>
> A question has popped up here in our troop in Chiangmai,
> Thailand. Our troop
> is multi-national with boys basically coming from all over
> the world. We
> know the American flag is used on the shirt sleeve but for
> non-american boys
> we have used flags from their own country. We were told that this is
> incorrect and that only the American flag should be used.
>
> Before you answers this you should know that we are
> registered as Troop 731
> with the BSA - Far East Council in Tokyo we apparently are
> also registered
> with the national Thai Boyscout organization ( at this moment
> no-one is
> really sure). The reason for this appears to be that some
> 20-30 years ago
> the use of foreign uniforms was frowned upon in Thailand and
> for that reason
> we were asked to register with the Thai Boy Scouts. For the
> same reason we
> use also instead of the "Boyscouts of America" strip above
> the shirt pocket
> a strip which reads "International Division BST".
>
> As we try to get some uniformity in our troop we would like
> to know if the
> use of other countries flags on the shirt sleeve (instead of
> the American
> flag) is allowed or prohibited. Once we have the definite
> answer on that, we
> will have to see how to deal with the real or perceived
> policy on using
> uniforms here in Thailand.
>
> Hope that you can help out.
>
> Regards,
>
> Auke Koopmans
> Troop 731, Chiangmai, Thailand
>
>
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