[15280] in APO-L
Re: As an Eagle must fly, so must we.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (High Lord of Chaos)
Wed Nov 6 13:12:23 1996
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 10:09:43 -0800
Reply-To: High Lord of Chaos <hawkeye@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU>
From: High Lord of Chaos <hawkeye@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
> > independence and come into the light on its own. We learn the history of
> > the United States - but that doesn't mean I sing "God Save the Queen"
> > rather than "The Star Spangled Banner." It is important that we learn
> > these things - but we ARE NOT the Boy Scouts of America.
> Oh, please. If we were bound to the past, we'd all be brothers of Sigma
> Alpha Epsilon frat, the frat that spawned Alpha chapter of APhiO. For a
> more proper American-patriot reference, abandoning the scout oath and law
> as the basis for hiO O would be like ignoring the Bill of Rights.
True, if we were bound to the past, we would still be an all-male frat, and
would not be as great as we are.
> > let me make clear that, as with any posting from a member of the Board
> > of Directors, we do not represent the Board as a whole, or any other
> > member of the Board of Directors
> I hope not. I'd like to think that the board as a whole understands the
> importance of the scout oath and law in this fraternity. Remember, in the
> history of the fraternity, Horton states that he was searching for a code
> of conduct to make the world a better place, and found it in the scout
> oath and law.
He found that those who followed the Scout Oath and Law were more tolerant
of others, and that it was much better than what he had seen. You don't
have to be a Scout to recognize that the Oath and Law is a great code to
follow.
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