InquisitiveScouter

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.

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

Millipede, thank you!

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

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 😜

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.

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

Your own words convict you.

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

So, you tolerate everything except intolerance?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Just having you on...random number

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

They are poor initiatives. Except for #4.

Mash, If implemented, it will most likely have a clause to exempt Scouts who earned, say, Life before a certain date.

And this will be (or should be if equal treatment is the desired outcome) the final nail in the coffin of Native American-style regalia in the OA

Oh, and I missed this the first time through... "...and taking immediate action toward introducing a version for volunteers in the coming months."