Re: Only in America, err California.

[Rick Wesson <wessorh () ar com>]

I enjoyed the boy scouts and Indian guides when i was a kid, it was the 
scouts big camp out where I got "high" for the first time. man, those 
older kids had some good weed. what was i, maybe 8 or 10 years old.

go scouts!

-rick


Bruce Ediger wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Randall M wrote:
>
> > Boy Scout Respect Copyright Patch
> > http://billpstudios.blogspot.com/2006/11/boy-scout-copyright-patch.html
>
> You know, I've seen a lot of mockery, and near-outrage directed
> at this, but it doesn't really surprise me, and I can only believe
> that those mocking it, or exhibiting outrage haven't critically
> examined the structure of the (US) Boy Scouts.
>
> Boy Scouts (the organization) is a training ground/farm team for middle
> managers, people who govern mainly by instinct.  "Why is that?", you might
> say.
>
> The boys in Boy Scouts can only rise to the position of *Junior* Assistant
> Scoutmaster.  Sure, there's ranks, like "Life", "Star", "First Class", etc,
> but those are mere diversions.  The real positions of authority are
> Patrol Leader, Assitant Senior Patrol Leader, Senior Patrol Leader,
> and Scoutmaster (an adult, and indeed, the final authority).  The highest
> you can get (as a boy) is middle management.  And these are coveted
> positions, far more so than the extensive network of support jobs like
> Treasurer, Librarian, Quartermaster, etc.
>
> The entire organizational structure is that of a strict, pyramidal
> hierarchy.
>
> That should be your first clue.  Further examination leads one to the
> educational theory behind merit badges, and the rank diversionary system.
> All of these come in the form of "behaviorally stated objectives".  Each
> rank or merit badge has a list of criteria that the boy must perform or
> exhibit.  Almost every single one of them has some nonsensical "service"
> criteria tacked on seemingly at random.  You can't question the criteria
> either.  They just exist, handed down from On High.
>
> The merit badges themselves cover performance or exhibition of skills
> in a topical fashion.  Naturally, any such topical breakdown is almost
> totally arbitrary.  For example, a boy might learn to tie some kind of
> special, easy-release knot to secure a rowboat to a dock for the "Rowing"
> merit badge.  Does this same knot appear in the "Pioneering" merit badge?
> No.  Arbitrarily excluded.
>
> The focus is on boys working their way up various ladders of attainment,
> the Tenderfoot-2nd Class-1st Class-Star-Life-Eagle ladder, the merit
> badge "quantity" measure, the Order of the Arrow Secret Society ladder,
> etc etc.
>
> The boy who attains "success" by working up the various ladders is often
> one who can merely work hard, and not question the arbitrary breakdown
> of subject matter, or arbitrary division of labor.
>
> Does this sound familiar?  It should, it's the Corporate Organization
> and desired form of behavior.  Employees (and boys) should only exercize
> creativity in very organized, channeled forms.  Any hint or originality
> in organization or exhibition of skills just Does Not Exist, and is
> carefully extirpated.  It's "compliance training" writ small, and in a
> juvenile environment.
>
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