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You misunderstood what I was saying: my recent posts are not about one single instance. -
By HICO_Eagle · Posted
The thing is neither BSA as a national organization nor the troop involved had standing. The Scouts involved were the ones who should have filed charges. The problem for BSA then was that accusations without proof of criminal conduct could have had serious repercussions and exposed the organization to liability. Put yourself in the SE or TCC shoes -- you have hearsay witness testimony but you don't know this yourself. You could file a charge with the police but you know the youth and their parents just want it to go away and may not testify. You know under the laws of the time that he could then sue you and the organization for defamation of character. At the time, ejecting him and barring his future participation seems like the easy out. Again, when you want to talk about culpability, BSA removed him and prevented him from rejoining. What more could they do in 1968? They were not the victims and in many (most?) cases, the youth would not testify or file charges. They did hold themselves to a higher standard and they chose to eliminate the threat as best as they (thought they) could. Saying or insinuating someone had homosexual or bisexual inclinations was a far different matter in 1968 than in 1998 or 2008 or 2018. -
For families they “just stop coming” how hard has it been to get these items back? -
By johnsch322 · Posted
This statement I can't get out of my mind. I am a child of the 60's having been born in the early 50's. I had long hair, I smoked pot, I questioned authority, and I witnessed and read about all that was going on in that time period. Not once was Free Love about sex with children or taking photos of young boys to satisfy perverted sexual desire it was about consensual sex with consenting adults and not feeling guilty about it. -
I’ll go one further: integrating the local community is the only way forward. There are hundreds of ways to do this. Waiting for National’s next marketing campaign is the least effective.
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