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The system didn't work if it keeps happening. Parents aren't looking at this and thinking, hey, I'm OK if my kid is within the percentage of scouters who are victimized, they are thinking Holy Cow scouting still can't get it's act together despite all that has happened. I don't want that to be my kid. There may be a statistical defense for CSA cases still occuring in scouting but it is meaningless and irrelevant in the face of the visceral emotional response. -
Yes. The irony, symbolism and explicit imagery is bad. Then again, the internet is filled with bad imagery from almost every type of profession, country, etc. ... The system worked. It got reported. The guy is in jail. That is what was supposed to happen. Sometimes doing right is hard when the image looks bad. The image is bad marketing. The actual bad is working to hide the imagery. Also Yes. BSA's YP is good, but evil and crimes still happens. It's how we discourage crimes and how handle incidents after they happen. Background checks. Training for awareness. Explicit practices (no one-on-one contact, etc). Mandatory reporting. Sadly funny story ... When my first son was wolf, we attended a weekend cub camp. ... Staff took cubs into the field for games. Camp ranger gave orientation to the dads / moms. Camp ranger joked that he'd prefer if all the dads minimize late night trips out of the camp, but if we needed to leave don't wear anything saying scouts at the near by bars / adult businesses. ... Apparently it happened more than once and he didn't like the imagery. -
By MYCVAStory · Posted
Remember, in bankruptcy, like politics, a day is a year. Much can and often changes quickly. "Dead" deals are resurrected miraculously. Also, just a reminder, the TCC will be providing its "take" on the situation in a week: NOTICE OF VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS HOSTED BY THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF BOY SCOUT ABUSE SURVIVORS The next TCC Town Hall will be held on Thursday, August 5, 2021, at 5pm PDT/8pm EDT. Zoom link: https://pszjlaw.zoom.us/j/89421964324 (no registration required) or Join by phone: 888-788-0099, meeting id 894 2196 4324 -
I hear you but we've been saying that scouting is so much better at YP than the public swimming pools. locker rooms, etc. What we need to be saying is that we can't protect your kids any better here than anywhere else. Our YP is good but your kids could still be victimized. BSA is at this moment trying to market safety which is something we can't provide. Where is the waiver, like the ones you sign at the climbing wall or the tubing outfitter or wherever, that says scouting is an inherently risky activity when it comes to youth protection and you as the parent accept those risks? And apart from all that, look at this report. We are in the middle of a bankruptcy because of CSA. That guy is wearing a boy scout t shirt espousing On My Honor for his perp shot. The irony cannot be lost on you. If the wrong (right?) media outlet picks up on this, it could be a meme to end all memes for scouting. If AIS has a PR arm, they will make hay with this. I think we have to hope that BSA has become so irrelevant, that most media don't even notice it and pick it up.
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If the correct thing is to shut down, then public swimming pools and youth locker rooms are in question too. Shopping center fitting rooms and public bathrooms should close too. Evil exists. It's how we react to it that is important. It went to police. Charges pending. Not hidden, etc. I'm just not sure creating more fear is right either.
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