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Troop75Eagle

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  1. You are correct, but some sort of greater vigilance is required considering the scope and depth of what has occurred over time. That is, what is known about what occurred. As in most statistics, they always seem to be a fraction of what happens since embarrassment, fear, shame and pressure silence a lot of these crimes.
  2. I have two kids, now adults, that were gymnasts. They were not subject to Nassers pedophilic claws but they know others that were. Gymnast parents and kids know each other very well. The parents watch like hawks and take notice of oddballs with no kids in gymnastics but seem to relish taking photos of the kids. The parents watch social media because there are a lot of strangers who want to be ‘friends’ with the kids. Obviously, in Nasser's case, the system failed. He was good friends with some, went to parties and had trust. Some of the parents must have had willful blindness or were jus
  3. Please also Understand, I mean no pointed attacks towards anyone here in particular. As I have gotten older I see the disdain for change come out in me and dislike for social and cultural upheavals. I certainly know the importance of dignity usefulness of change. I suppose I rail into the winds but one has to offer rebutted to a cultural energy of constant change that has a lot of negatives. Perspective and measured steps can be useful. But everyone here exhibits this regularly.
  4. Then we’d best look to a couple more examples to be sure the nuance is well fleshed out. With regard to PETA: ...the animal rights organization feels “pet” is a derogatory term and suggested people should stop using it since it is not animal-friendly language. She stated, “A lot of people at home who have dogs or cats will call them ‘pets’ and refer to themselves as ‘owners,’ and this implies that the animals are a possession, like a car, for example, When you refer to animals, not as the living beings they are, but as an inanimate object, it can reflect our treatment on these animals.”
  5. Fashion is a poor example. Versace and Levi’s come and go because the public taste is fickle. You might as well try to predict costal sand bar formations. Its true that words no longer become acceptable: faggot is a piece of firewood, Queer is odd, gay is happy and niggardly apparently is no longer acceptable at all though it has never had and still has no association with anything but the meaning of stingy. It’s true that language is dynamic and ebbs and flows. Curiously, however, I’m suspicious who decides what words no longer are valid. I certainly wasn’t consulted about any changes a
  6. Embracing long established Scouting tradition, working one on one with individuals and groups to bring friendship and change and desiring social stability do not equal bigotry. Being called Narrow minded certainly smacks of that. Having the opinion that the BLM organization has become a type of malignancy that is metastasizing into something that is very unhealthy for ALL us not narrow minded or bigotry. An Organization might start with a just or worthy cause, but they can morph into something that delegitimizes itself based on actions, statements and patterns. In recent years, a
  7. I agree. This is how political correctness takes root and flourishes. I mean no disrespect to the previous commenting author. It’s true that terms come and go. Psychiatry has marvelous examples of this. For whatever bizarre reason, people or rather some individuals begin to decide that a term no longer is suitable. There is a PhD thesis somewhere waiting to be made on this linguistic phenomenon. Search and destroy gets changed to sweep and clear, soldier of fortune and mercenary get changed to contractor, problems get changed to challenges and opportunities, in Tampa, now the word ‘thug’
  8. You post good information, but it won’t make any difference I suspect. I’ve seen a lot of his replies over time and the terms apologist and provocateur come to mind. Naturally, he would disagree. But I’m not the first to make this observation. It’s a pity. There are many people that care about scouting, it’s traditions, it’s mission and it’s people. There are so many people dedicated to making one on one differences in the lives of others of all social classes and ethnicities. I and those I know are among those who are many of those traits. Yet, because we disdain chaos and destructi
  9. You are a satisfactory apologist for BLM. I’m sure they would welcome your analysis. You speak meaningfully for a portion of their reality. For many many others, they and their ilk will become a social rabble eager to disrupt increasingly For disruptions sake. There will be sighing, shaking of heads, and standing back indifferently as they do their thing as one more instance of an out of control portion of the population. Not everyone of course, and I make no common cause and have no patience for alt right reactionaries either. But the actions will increasingly reflect a lack of disciplin
  10. You are correct. The right of protesting is not at issue. But what comes with this particular group, it’s allies among anarchists and politically correct culture certainly is at issue. People will demand change without useful or reasonable suggestions. When the actions of a group and it’s affiliates and associates, embraced or not, resort to torching and looting, they are branded. That is what is remembered. The shop keepers who watch their livelihoods wipes out because people decide to take their down payment on this generations desires for reparations rather than protest. Insurance does
  11. Indeed, That is far beyond just the trait of expressed racism. That suggests that the whole system from inception is so flawed (and anti black) that it has to be destroyed and rebuilt with them in mind in whatever self image they have. (Far be it from me to try to guess what that image might be). Suffice to say, that the very unique institutions of our government which we are familiar with: Rule of Law Free and Fair elections Separation of powers Independent Judiciary Houses elected bodies and executive Clearly defined transition and successions of power
  12. I’m reading about the fall of the Roman Republic. If this paragraph isn’t a commentary on our time, I don’t know what is. This is not the formula of balance of powers, power sharing, and the calm head of a functional government. Such a state of affairs is the product of hatred. How this can work with teaching citizenship and American institutions that have made our republic more successful than dictatorships and other forms of govt is a big question.
  13. I believe destroying monuments is absurd on its face. The Taliban destroyed them because it was offensive to them. The idea is that it was offensive to their sensibilities. The fact it was idolatry in Islam is irrelevant. It was just as important to them as a sensibility as others find Stone Mountain offensive or Mount Rushmore. vultural and artistic achievements have been Swept away and destroyed because of cultural relativism and people in one era. They deny the future the concrete understanding and review of what was done. Destroying culture and art because it offends people i
  14. There comes a point, right or wrong, good or bad, that organizations are too controversial to be taken seriously. The Nazi Party, Communist Party, Red Arrow Party, Black Panthers, and a host of other political parties and movements become branded. BLM is rapidly approaching that status whether they want it or not. They get the distinction of being a lightning rod and all that comes with that. fo a lot of people, they are no longer credible. In this circumstance, it doesn’t matter whose fault it is. Perceptions are powerful and stick, often permanently, so when one asks what are
  15. Understanding why they want them removed is all well and good. But that is a slippery slope for several reasons: there is no limit to hurt feelings and desire to eliminate symbols placed in a public forum. Native Americans despise Mt Rushmore and want it gone, the protestors apparently don’t want symbols of anyone having anything to do with slavery around as the destruction of Jefferson and Washington clearly illustrated. Stone Mountain is one of the biggest monuments in earth but protestors would just assume blow it up. Like it or not, this is cultural purging and a point w
  16. I’m one of the Gen x’ers at 52 y/o. From a Cynical standpoint, my generation will inherit a massive amount of wealth. In fact, the biggest transfer of wealth in history I’ve read. Society at large has thumbed its nose at X’ers for a variety of reasons. I can say that we, among anyone with a lot of ‘skin’ in the game asset wise have a certain tolerance for social justice but also severe distrust of institutions and established religions. Sympathy is free, but when it comes to political change to grab assets....
  17. That’s good to know. It is continually a frustrating state of affairs to not be able to strip away subtle hype or slightly different meanings of words to get at the true picture. Still, no matter how one slices it, getting caught up in such a system is a grim prospect.
  18. It’s always remarkable to see and hear those people that want to censor content. I must add that the seemingly endless capacity of the web to bring a tsunami of news, the ability of people to cut paste, hijack, make fake accounts, troll and who knows what else without accountability of any kind is beyond the capacity of mortals to sort through. upon a time, intellectual, philosophical and academic study and publication was lengthy, in depth and had to be defended one on one. There was a long stretch of time when professionals dedicated to investigative journalism and history were r
  19. I am no so sure, govt has a website on it: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-hsi-tampa-graduates-latest-citizens-academy I do think the citizen academies are an excellent idea, but how much oversight and stern warnings are given is pretty important. I didn’t know about FBI but I’d love that. Civilian involvement itself is a good type of oversight. Walled off, police agencies can take on the unsettling character of secret police. Conversely, subtly incorporating the citizens to do some of the ground work that evades the scrutiny the agencies are under can be a da
  20. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/ice-launching-citizens-academy-course-how-agency-arrests-immigrants-1516656%3famp=1 seems we have the offer of Posse training available.
  21. My understanding is that with our immigration service ‘ICE’, being arrested and held incommunicado for some length of time is actually allowed. That puts a deep chill on things. If we nab people overstaying visas like the recent student directives and not staying here in to attend class in person a certain % of time, we invite reciprocation. That is akin to the infamous and obnoxious preventative detention used by police states. Non us citizens and green card holders are exempt. Students overstaying allowed time and not understanding what is going on and with weak command of English, let
  22. There was one in OKC a few years back. That shocked me. I guess I just never heard about such things yet thinking on it, it must happen all the time. They just get carted to the medical examiner and it’s marked hear disease, complications from diabetes or such like. Unless the word leaks out that it was exposure, one wouldn’t notice. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of starvation being one
  23. Although I tend to be libertarian, this is one of those areas that free markets has a hard time appropriately dealing with. Having custody over other human beings who are not able or allowed to do anything creates an unsettling opportunities for exploitation and profit incentive that minimize of ignore the social benefits. If prisons and mental hospitals simply warehouse people for payments from the state, the rehabilitation, training, therapies and re-integration is too expensive to achieve profit margins. This isn’t especially about scouting Or it’s current myriad dilemmas but a
  24. Slave camp huh. Well, that doesn’t surprise me. There will never be a shortage of people ready to destroy things and replace them with nothing or replace them with more cynical objectives. The closest comparison outside of jails and farms are the big state mental hospitals that closed up. The idea was to cut costs, preserve civil and human rights and curb abuses. The alternative was to create community outpatient centers for treatment and support. The places were shut down but the latter never was achieved. So now they wander the streets, get arrested in droves and get no treatment til
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