Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Boy Scouts, outdoors, and danger

RIGHT ON DUG! I cannot write as eloquently as ye; thanks for being my spokesman! I owe a great deal of what I've become and accomplished in the many chapters of my life to the foundation that the BSA gave me. I did not have a father so I found a father-figure through the BSA. The BSA afforded me the opportunity to experience so many things and see so many places I will never be able to express my appreciation for. I was a Sea-Scout, Air-Explorer and finally an Eagle-Scout. OH the experiences a poor country hick had thanks to the BSA. I got to build working model rockets, learn how to fly a C-119 and race Flying Dutchmen; not bad for a kid that grew up living in shacks with dirt floors.
Yes, there are inexperienced leaders that should not be responsible for our kids; but maybe part of the problem is there are a lot of inexperienced and disinterested parents that should take a more active interest in their children's lives. If parents were assistant leaders they would be able to monitor the leaders and, if nothing else, extract their children if they felt they were in harm's way. It's kind of like politics; since we don't really control our "representatives" they are allowed to run amuck; and we can't really blame them; we should be blaming ourselves.
One other little note, DUG said it right; don't make such broad, general statements. I am sure that "all the people" were not interviewed about this subject; DUG and I weren't interviewed; I'd guess there was a very select group surveyed on this subject to have "all" of them express the same opinion. That's kind of like only asking people exiting Starbucks if they like coffee and not asking folks coming out of Jamba Juice.