InquisitiveScouter

8 minutes ago, walk in the woods said:

guillotines are being sharpened

Fortunately, much of the population has the means to resist a new Reign of Terror.

2 hours ago, Troop75Eagle said:

happy in between

Yes, happy in between😀

17 minutes ago, TAHAWK said:

rock through the window

Yes, it is about feeling powerless, and seeing that store as someone else's wealth/power to be destroyed.  If I cannot join you in your prosperity, I will destroy yours to even the playing field.

19 minutes ago, TAHAWK said:

Drive-by murders of fellow inhabitants

Turf control to sell drugs...

19 minutes ago, TAHAWK said:

Hitting a 92-year-old woman in the face at random

I think you are right here...mental illness may be the issue

56 minutes ago, TAHAWK said:

problem of violence with no rationalization

All about wealth and/or power...which is why those two things always concentrate together...

Have wealth...get power

Have power...get wealth

Now, there are many who use either or both for good, but that is a relatively new phenomenon in history

Unable to view the opinion piece...no WaPo subscription.

Since the letter was broadcast, I have had conversations with experienced local Scouters who see the BSA's letter as (their words) "pandering", "bandwagon", "a PR stunt", "an attempt to remain relevant", "inflammatory", etc.

Although most understand the intentions behind the letter, there is general sentiment that BSA should have simply reinforced existing parts of the program which apply.  Most also agree this will probably be the end of the DRP, or BSA risks another label of hypocrisy.

4 minutes ago, MattR said:

What does it take to sew canvas or typical tent fabric?

Ask five lawyers a question and you get seven different opinions

Recommend you contact your local canvas shop (or canvas repair shop).  They can give you some good advice.  Send them that diagram and ask for a quote to make the tent.  We'd all be curious as to how much they'd ask...

If done by hand (depending on thickness)...  recommend a thimble

1 hour ago, MattR said:

centipede

Millipede, thank you!

46 minutes ago, MattR said:

I'm on my 3rd anniversary of my 29th anniversary of my 29th birthday.

I'm going to have to take off my boots to count that high, aren't I??

24 minutes ago, Sentinel947 said:

29 is absolutely young

I am celebrating the 24th anniversary of my 29th birthday this year!  29 is a great age to keep for the rest of your life 😜

24 minutes ago, mashmaster said:

and attempt to judge on the individual level

Well said, mash.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

Character is individual, not racial...  Character is what we in the BSA are supposed to be aiming at...

And as to the police, I do question them.  I do want justice for anyone hurt or killed by the police unlawfully.  But again, individually... 

I see too many examples, in public, of police who act as if they are above the law, rather than servants of the people under the law.

3 minutes ago, Navybone said:

people who refuse to admit that there are race issues

No one here has said anything remotely resembling what you are attributing to people...

Just bizarre...

4 minutes ago, Navybone said:

Yep.   Intolerance is nothing more than unwillingness to accepts views, beliefs or behaviors different than ones own.

Your own words convict you.

8 minutes ago, Navybone said:

everyone need to take a look, have a conversation with those experiencing racism to better understand it, and be brave confront it when you see it.

Remove the log from your own eye before you concentrate on the speck of sawdust in mine.

Just now, Navybone said:

there is no room for intolerance

So, you tolerate everything except intolerance?

4 minutes ago, Navybone said:

What Liz says is fine, and I have concern with your lack of tolerance with people who disagree with you.   

Navybone,

Thanks for swearing the oath and putting on the uniform.

I never indicated the BSA was a training ground for military or police.

My intolerance was for Liz's comment indicating military and police are "killing brown people at home and abroad."  That is a blatant, broad-brushed accusation of racism in the military and police.  I will not tolerate that kind of false accusation.

And as you know, and should be in your experience, the military is the most egalitarian institution in our society.  Of all organizations I have been involved with in my life, the US military is the purest meritocracy I (and you?) have experienced.

2 minutes ago, RememberSchiff said:

From back in the day,

 

That will be disposed of down the Memory Hole soon...

3 minutes ago, RememberSchiff said:

people have equal access and equal outcome

Equal access I agree with..."equal outcomes" is an ill-conceived idea.

The unalienable right of Pursuit of Happiness is not a guarantee of happiness...

There be dragons...

@Liz

As a 26 year veteran of the armed forces, I spent more of my career supporting humanitarian missions around the world than I did supporting combat operations under the orders of my civilian governments, which you (we) elected.

Your comment shows an incredible level of ignorance, and is downright unscoutlike.  I recommend you delete it yourself before the moderators do.

1 minute ago, Navybone said:

Police killed 1004 people in 2019. Black people were 24% of those killed despite being only 13% of the population

Correlation is not cause.  If you do not understand the difference, I recommend you read up on it.

BSA is not an agent of cultural change.  By following their mission, they may affect it, but it is not the mission.

Racism, or sexism, or ageism, or "genderism", or any other discrimination-"ism" you can name (as well as religious discrimination) have always existed.  They are part of our human nature which we must eternally struggle against.  You will never end them.

There is a simple answer, 'Love God, and love your neighbor as you love yourself."

Scout Oath and Scout Law are simple codes that encapsulate those simple ideas.  No need for new laws, new programs, or new MB's.  In our circles, just follow the Scout Oath and Scout Law.  You will not find any better solution.

23 minutes ago, PACAN said:

rational decisions and thought processes are devoid in people today. 

Hear, hear. 

When you look at the empirical data and studies done, you cannot reasonably reach the conclusion there is "systemic" racism, nor is there a police bias.  It is perceived...

There are, however, far too many cases of excessive use of force...but race is not a statistically significant causal factor in these.

https://killedbypolice.net/

See the bottom of the splash page for "proven solutions"

None of those have anything to do with race...

When we disguise our feelings as thought, we make all nonsense possible.

PACAN, you are awesome.

2 minutes ago, tnmule20 said:

Purely political. Sad. 

Agreed.  This is a perfect example to illustrate the term "virtue signalling"

Just having you on...random number

Just now, mashmaster said:

Discrimination is wrong on every level

Agree to that.  But these moves won't address any of that.  Stuff and fluff...