tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238806.post2059499314056174088..comments2023-10-26T08:13:17.812-04:00Comments on Above Average Jane: A Note on ScoutingAboveAvgJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07041855236200085575noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238806.post-22715351014088561092010-06-22T19:06:44.448-04:002010-06-22T19:06:44.448-04:00Thank you for your comment.
Scout membership is t...Thank you for your comment.<br /><br />Scout membership is transitory, applicable only as long as the young man (or his family) are paying dues, etc. However, achieving Eagle is a permanent accomplishment similar to graduating from high school. A man can be a former scout but once an Eagle always an Eagle. <br /><br />Like you I was surprised at Moore being an Eagle Scout, Spielberg too. The astronauts and congressmen made more sense. <br /><br />I do wish the scouts would change the restriction on gays. But, you know, I've read through the Boy Scout Handbook several times and there is nothing in there about excluding gays. Not a word.AboveAvgJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041855236200085575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9238806.post-4024998414416850392010-06-22T16:39:29.431-04:002010-06-22T16:39:29.431-04:00Jane -- I thought this was a really thoughtful pos...Jane -- I thought this was a really thoughtful post. I still hold to the idea that a private organization operating counter to the laws of its physical jurisdiction should not be housed in a building owned by that jurisdiction, but there's no doubt that what scouting is about is mostly unrelated to sexual orientation. And that Michael Moore was (is? do you ever cease being one?) an Eagle Scout is a revelation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com