Its easy to rip on Boy Scouts of America for their policies, but can anyone think of another group comprised of thousands of volunteer adults that spend so much time introducing young boys to the joys of camping and hiking outdoors, while at the same time teaching them to be self sufficient, to be leaders, and grow to be good citizens and great neighbors?
Go ahead now - rip on the Boy Scouts of America and their policies, but you're going to come across as kind of foolish.
Very eloquent and point on post Ken. Although BSA and in other countries are not perfect, I have had the opportunity to know and hike/camp with many ex Boy Scouts who really learned a lot about the outdoors, life, leadership etc and are upstanding people in more ways then most would ever give them credit for.
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Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.
John Lubbock
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