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For a tyrant who has an army fit with muskets, a free man must not expect to remain free while armed with a sling and pebbles. When faced with a tyrant whose army is fit with M-16's, is it unreasonable for a free man to think he should have something on hand a little more capable than grandpa's .22? While Barack Obama may not be the evil that would molest our liberty, he also does not seem to be acknowledging that history shows such evil can exist, has existed, and will exist again. I'm not content to live in a perfectly engineered utopia which submits to the "noble lie". It

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/planned-parenthood-video_n_1552672.html So getting back to absolutes. Does a woman's right to have control over her own body entitle her to abort a fetus for having an undesirable gender. If it's always ok to choose. It's always ok to abort on ANY whim. Baby going to have brown eyes? Better abort. Baby going to be a girl? Better abort. Baby going to have subpar math and reading scores without extensive (and expensive) one-on-one tutoring because of some yet to be determined genetic identification? Better abort. The most disgusting,

>>You can't stake out an absolute position like this, then attempt to weasel out of it when it gets uncomfortable, AND claim to honest about it. I respect OGE's honesty.

Sorry, thanks for pointing that out Calico as that's not how it was intended to sound. I was meaning to get to the point that decisions surrounding sex have lifelong consequences and rightly so, making all decisions around it weighty. In the case of forceful and as a crime, I meant to say the imprisonment and lifelong registry are a lifelong consequence but erased that before posting because I thought that equated pregnancy to prison. In the case of rape, I feel that's an extreme circumstance that makes it hard for me to think abortion should be completely outlawed. Which is d

I struggle with this issue. On one hand, I absolutely understand why someone would want to terminate a pregnancy as a matter of choice. Pregnancy and parenthood can be overwhelming burdens for those not prepared for them. However, on the other hand, I believe life begins at conception and that one human's rights to choose how to live their own life do not entitle them to terminate the lives of other humans that are inconvenient. The reason that I feel I justify a pro-life position on the issue is that decisions regarding sex are the most long-lasting. Whether the act is forcefu

The decision is the CO's to make. The reality is that if you complete the charter with or without said person, the COR will sign it anyway. You have a couple of options: 1. If he pays the Troop for his membership renewal, you can just keep him on because it doesn't hurt anything. 2. Your committee can choose to drop him and IF he notices, you guys can just have him fill out a new app.

Here's how that Board of Review would go: Board: Have you fulfilled all requirements of the Eagle Scout Award? Scout: I did the project and earned all the Merit Badges, but do not feel that a higher power is necessary to a person's moral development. I'm also homosexual and am disclosing that information right at this moment because I know that announcing that I'm homosexual is not acceptable decorum for Scouting. Board: Your position is well-stated, but contrary to our beliefs as a movement and the spirit of this award, and so we must decline to bestow this award upon you.

Fundraising is serious business. However, anybody that tries to diminish the work of a boy because of a mistake his adult leader has made is NOT ok in my book. Due to the level of anger the SM reached I have trouble believing the SM was completely unprovoked. The parents or leaders at the sale had to have helped trigger him, because a rational person would not poison the well by complaining to the store owner, who nobody in their right mind would expect to know when the Popcorn Sale starts. Nobody with half a brain would do what that SM did without some sort of aggravation bey

Is this really a contentious topic? Heck, I can remember as a boy that just about all our patrols worked on merit badges at Troop meetings once they were First Class (patrols by age). It was even better going to PLC and having to tell the SPL what your guys were doing each week for the Merit Badge. If you didn't know, the SPL pretty much knew you hadn't confirmed your counselor yet to be at the Troop meetings for the month to work with your patrol. I can see it being a problem if ASM's are the ones teaching the boys all the badges and do it every month without the boys having

I sympathize with you BlueJacket. When a system that works has been created, it's only natural to work that system with impunity. While some may gripe, the Open House, Parent's Night, Pack Meeting/Event system works for recruiting boys, and you can't be blamed for making sure each Pack you're helping is following that system even if you have to step in and help as well. Even though it can leave heartburn with some leaders, recruiting done right will reap its own rewards and it's hard for a unit to be upset with that. If I hadn't had similar experiences and successes I wouldn't

Eagledad's right! Being lazy forces a person to get by in life by developing other skills than actually being a contributor. So long as you learn quick, recruit well, and delegate everything with precise communication; what more could anyone want in a leader?

It's horrible advice if he goes and signs kids up that the Pack will never see. It's great advice if he gets as many adult applications (with no specific position commitment yet as that's the Pack's job to decide) as he does youth and gives a detailed description of the people he talked to to the Cubmaster, following up by coming to the next Pack meeting to introduce everybody to each other.

BlueJacket - Despite what you've been told by Cubmasters, know that other DC's have your back . The mission for the District Committee, Commissioners, and professionals is to grow Scouting. This means that a District has to take advantage of every opportunity to do so. School Open Houses are too great an opportunity to pass up, and if a Cubmaster doesn't want to do it or cannot do it because they need to attend that night as a parent, it's definitely your job to be there helping them grow Scouting. The Cubmaster who is overwhelmed is the Cubmaster who lets new parents off the hook

WasE61, I think none of those deserve any qualification under the moral code of Scouting. I think moral people could survive in any, but the acts themselves deserve no condemnation or endorsement.

But human polygyny is much different from primate polgyny because the measure of power for primates is size, whereas the measure of power for modern humans is intellect and wealth. This is because the needs of modern humans are higher on the hierarchy of needs. Few humans require a mate that provides them more physical security from outside threats, and so size is an irrelevant measure for modern era humans. I'm sure your assertions are applicable to Neanderthals and Cro-magnans, but once ingenuity enabled men to best other men of much larger size, Humans began breeding for intellect. Yo

Yeah Merlyn, the group marriage really differs from polygamy. Forgot the other downside to polygyny as well and was reminded when you asked what happens when the patriarch dies. In the wild that means that the females that are old enough to mate are added to the harem, the juvenile males are driven out, typically to die on their own or form a small group of roving males (gang), and those not old enough to mate or escape are killed by the new patriarch. This is probably why polygynous humans just won't find a new male to fill the role if there's a tragic death. Of course, all of thes

Men with plural wives probably face more ridicule in today's society than men with a husband. A lot of arguments against same-sex marriage break down once you bring in the polygamy issue. If you're saying that a species survives through procreation and the purpose of marriage is rearing the offspring, then you cannot convince me that Natural Selection would not favor polygamy to monogamy. A family that lives as a pack or herd will be much better suited to survival based on their sharing the genes of a superior male and communal resources/gathering making life easier due to economies of s

Seen a number, and it's always hurt the boys most. It gets worse when one wants the boy to move to the Troop near where they moved to and the other wants them to stay in the original Troop. Either the kid's going to tick someone off by preferring one or the other, or leaving Scouts altogether.

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When they say "program guy" it's probably code for someone who's not an "admin guy". Difference is the program guy is in it because he believes Scouting is THE movement to change the work. The admin guys are just happy to be in a career with advancement opportunities, lower-scaled but competitive pay, and truly making a difference. Of course it sounds like your former SE was an admin guy and so followed the job, which is where his heart is. The new guy probably just wants to say he loves Scouting and wants to support your love for Scouting and relate with you on that level instead of bei

Listen to how explosive this subject is. Is it any wonder that the BSA finds this conversation wholly inappropriate for Scouts and Scouters to be having? Someone being openly homosexual always forces this conversation to take place. It doesn't even matter who is right or who is wrong. Both sides end up embarrassing themselves and exposing children to a level of vitriol that cannot be tolerated. I concede that in many communities it would not explode into "faggot" this and "bigot" that, and that's why a local option's still the best remedy.

I'm perfectly willing to call being fat and smoking a human failing. But those are things even a kid can say is wrong. I will not call being homosexual a human failing like you do, because it is not. However, because of the nature of the issue, it cannot be tolerated in the Scouting atmosphere.

So we must ban; Divorcees Anyone that has had sex before marriage Anyone who has has sex using birth control Since it is the thought that counts, anyone who has had impure thoughts glancing at the bikini adds on Scouter. Gamblers, including anyone that has wagered using lottery tickets, played pool or put money up on a golf round. Anyone that eats pork Disingenuous at best. The above behaviors are all things that people can or should be reformed from (and pork only if you're a muslim or kosher). It would be appropriate to denounce these behaviors if they came up with Scouts

Why are there 8 different Active Threads right now about the gays? Really, this has gotten absurd.

Here's another distinction. It is alright for people who are overweight or smoke to be involved with Scouts, because you can encourage the kids to encourage these Scouters to live healthier lives. It is not appropriate for Scouts to encourage homosexual Scouters to live chastely, and considering the staggering number of CO's that would consider it immoral to advise any other way of life than chastity for homosexuals, it is impossible for Scouting to embrace Gay Pride, or the acceptance of committed or promiscuous homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle.