[9835] in APO-L
Re: BSA Amendments - Part II -Reply
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Newman)
Tue Oct 18 20:23:58 1994
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 19:25:00 EDT
Reply-To: Michael J Newman <MJN115@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
From: Michael J Newman <MJN115@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: gregturn AT ENG.AUBURN.EDU -- Tue, 18 Oct 1994 16:29:27 -0500
GREG,
the staement I WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT is more than just a typo... for several
reasons... maybe jeremy meant none fo them, but this is how things are read
by many scouts (both old and new)
1) once an eagle scout honor is awarded it is for life and can only be
revoked by the BSA National Coucil (which I don't thionk has happened in the
recent past..)
2) so if you are saying WAS itmeansd that you have decided to no longer be an E
agle Scout (a serious breech of faiht with the people who chose to honor you wi
ht the award) or...
2a) the BSA took it from you... this is also indicative of a serious breech of
faith, and implies that you did something pretty bad (the National Council does
n't become pissed too easily) or...
3) you have forgotten what being an Eagle Scout is all about and the burden tha
t you shoulder each day. While this doesn't hurt anyone else I would say that i
t is a black mark against the character of the speaker.
AS I HAVE SAID ABOVE I DON'T THINK THAT WAS WHAT JEREMY IMPLIED IN HIS MESSAGE!
HE PROBABLY JUST FORGOT... everyone can fall victim to this issue fof semantics
, which is a major issue to some and a small one to others. I think you know w
here I fall in to the spectrum on this one by the letter above.
If you have read this far.. thank you for your courtesy and attention.
And as usual I expect to get flamed for being pro-Scouting in anAPO setting, no
big deal...
Hope that this cleared something up for you Greg if I seem to have made a big d
eal out of nothing please remember that there are many people who find Scouting
to be more than just an organization for boys, but finds it to be a lifelong c
ommitment to a set of ideals and the passing on of those ideals to the youth of
the world.
mike newman -- eagle scout
