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"Found I had to use a PC and Internet Explorer -- then I could register." I do use a PC but I don't use Internet Explorer and I don't seem to any problems (other than the 502 and 504 errors that everyone seems to have been experiencing) and I am using Firefox!

I must admit I have never been to a Jamboree. . . but. The tools of the day must be relied upon to provide the the best management of the troop on the ground while at the jamboree and when touring areas around it like D. C. and other tourist areas (I personally don't think a cell phone is necessary at a normal summer camp, though.) I think that the Scouts that are going to Jamboree should be trusted to be able to make the own informed decisions and be relied upon to follow them with the proper guidance and mentoring from the adults around them. I was not implying simply throwing caution to

Gee BDPT00 so much for the boy led concept and the PLC deciding things.

I hate the term uniform police! If you are going to wear the uniform you need to wear it properly, its that simple. After 18 you wear the square knot like all other adults or not; that is your choice. But you do not have a choice to wear the patch on your pocket. I was able to wear the patch for about 9 months then I eagerly switched over to the square knot to complete my journey.

JoeBob, do you have a better link to your reference other than leading us to the front page of the site? Where do I go from there?

"Hopefully this thread will still not be active when he does." Come on, Ed. It would be great to keep this thread alive for the next 10 or 11 years to see if Beavah's predictions come true about the rest of us becoming more restricted in our driving! Maybe Fish's son will have to drive us around instead.

Talk about thread drift! What do the last two pages have to do with declining LDS membership?

"At the troop level, all of the above, event specific, plus Wood Badge in order to go on outings with the boys." IMHO that is simply overkill. You do not need Woodbadge to take the boys out on a week-end outing (or even summer camp.) For heaven's sake what is the world coming to?

For what it is worth in our neck of the woods we hold our Woodbadge training Thursday through Saturday due to the wishes of the local LDS sponsored units. I am not sure if that is an indication of too much influence or not.

TwoCubDad, here is a link to a free morse code font: http://tinyurl.com/ygftuns hope it works for you.

GHB, As a fellow GA resident I know that the public school system has an on-going campaign against bullying. Physical and emotional bullying can be as damaging to the psyche as sexual molestation, especially bullying of a sexual nature. Just as Dan Kroh says it is about power not satisfaction for the abuser. I have been aware of hazing rituals in troops over the past 30 years that were sexual in nature but not necessarily gratifying to the hazer. Simply a rite of passage to "enter" the troop. I am not in any way condoning this practice, I abhor it; I don't even like snipe hunts, or si

"My take - if they treated homosexuality as a sin, as my religion teaches, these men would still be married fathers, hopefully being the spiritual leaders of their families. If they had homosexual urges, shouldn't they be able to control them, as you suggest GHB should be able to control his with another woman?" Unfortunately the real lie began a long time before this when these men and women first realized that they were in fact attracted to people of their own gender and chose to cover their feelings and real desires in the name of faith, propriety, or self control. This denial is forc

I have been meaning to respond to this thread for sometime but have been somewhat at a loss about how to go about it. I am quite dismayed at the level of disdain for others that some members of this forum are willing to share. I understand that not everyone feels that they are getting the values based education they feel they deserve for their children so they homeschool. I can accept that as a valid option provided the children can still pass standardized tests that all other are required to pass for graduation. Tolerance for the faiths and belief systems of others, a Scout is Reverent!

First I need to state I am not in favor of a special patch or knot to identify me or any other adult as a person that a scout should feel free to approach when they have something they need to talk about. If I am doing my job correctly the scout will already know that I can be approached and I will just have to "be prepared" to handle any subject matter that surfaces. That is not to say that I should be able to counsel him regarding all phases of human sexuality or even all religious issues he will be facing; but it does mean that I need to be able to answer the rudimentary questions and kno

ThunderFox, When I chose to start down this path path into Scouting more than 30 years ago as a youth member and I continue today on the journey, with my son, I have never expected perfection in any adult Scouter that I have encountered. I have been simply expecting them and myself to do our "best" to our duty to God, to our country, and to obey the Scout Law. We are after all mere mortals, not immortals, we are not capable of being perfect in any way. Free will allows some of us to choose to smoke, even though we know that it is harmful, yet BSA looks the other way when leaders