Augusta, Boy Scouts, and Free Association

SteveDallas · 03-04-2003, 09:35 PM

Oh, no, a Gen Xer...... Lock & load, Rev. Toad!!

No, seriously, just kidding... GenX seems like an qlmost quaint term these days. UT & I have both (I think--not want to speak for him) been interested in GenX as a social construction (if I may be PoMo for a moment). Anyway, let's be fair. Not EVERY thread has devolved into the war thing. I'm sure there are 2 or 3 that didn't.

Anyway, to the poll....
I agree with syc. However, I'd go further and suggest that just like Kleenex or Aspirin can become more than a brand name, some institutions can transcend their inherent private characteristics. I mean, take the Boy Scouts. They're not just a bunch of guys who go camping, they're The Boy Scouts!!! [cue patriotic music, 4th of July parade, old ladies being helped across the street, etc.] From a legal standpoint Origami USA and the Boy Scouts have similar standing as private non-profit membership organizations, but for anybody to suggest that the Boy Scouts don't have a certain extralegal stature about them is disingenuous.

And yes the BSA & Augusta are both looking like idiots. Though it's their legal privilege to do so!

View Poll Results: Does the ethical right to free association necessarily include free exclusion
Yes, to associate you must exclude	10	55.56%
No, you may associate without excluding	2	11.11%
2 medium cheese pizzas, a pepsi, and some cookies	3	16.67%
Undecided	0	0%
I'm a post-modernist, therefore your language games hold no reference to reality, and all answers are equally meaningless	3	16.67%
Free thinking is bad. very bad. we must all do what the voices in our head whisper. they are good. they are very good.	4	22.22%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 18. You may not vote on this poll

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03-04-2003, 09:35 PM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Oh, no, a Gen Xer...... Lock & load, Rev. Toad!! No, seriously, just kidding... GenX seems like an qlmost quaint term these days. UT & I have both (I think--not want to speak for him) been interested in GenX as a social construction (if I may be PoMo for a moment). Anyway, let's be fair. Not EVERY thread has devolved into the war thing. I'm sure there are 2 or 3 that didn't. Anyway, to the poll.... I agree with syc. However, I'd go further and suggest that just like Kleenex or Aspirin can become more than a brand name, some institutions can transcend their inherent private characteristics. I mean, take the Boy Scouts. They're not just a bunch of guys who go camping, they're The Boy Scouts!!! [cue patriotic music, 4th of July parade, old ladies being helped across the street, etc.] From a legal standpoint Origami USA and the Boy Scouts have similar standing as private non-profit membership organizations, but for anybody to suggest that the Boy Scouts don't have a certain extralegal stature about them is disingenuous. And yes the BSA & Augusta are both looking like idiots. Though it's their legal privilege to do so!

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