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RE: On the Boy Scout gender inclusion debate
I like adventure clubs. the concept rings truer than "scouts". Our scouts are now drones, planes, and satellites so we don't have human scouts but for the rarity. I was in scouts but I see the very glaring problems with the structure of the system and change is the ONE thing people seem to fear most outside of death.
Search and Rescue clubs would make sense here where I live. Land navigation, shelter construction, wilderness survival, extra bodies to help build sandbag berms during spring floods, etc. are useful skills for the individual and the community alike. I'm just not sure the scouts are the best way to provide it. I know my Young Marines background was much less than ideal, and far too propagandistic and authoritarian.
In a way all of them seem just indoctrination. The concept and idea is generally good, but then humans get in the mix and seriously F**K it all up.
Competition and consumer choice would go a long way toward keeping everyone honest through more transparency.