Its not just the Catholics anymore - Page 3

Bullitt · 04-09-2010, 02:08 PM

Good Lord this thread is a train wreck. I had a great experience in the Boy Scouts, made some life-long friends and learned a lot. That said I would encourage my future kid(s) to participate but I'd make sure to be personally involved so as to lessen the chances of some sicko taking advantage.

classicman · 04-09-2010, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Bullitt

I'd make sure to be personally involved ...

That seems like a good plan with anything that involves your children these days.

Clodfobble · 04-09-2010, 03:37 PM

The quality of Boy Scout groups varies widely, and it has everything to do with the particular scoutmaster. I've heard mostly good stories*, but you do get some douchebags in the mix just like with every other institution. No firsthand stories of pedophilia, mind you, but I did hear a firsthand account of rampant anti-Semitism in one particular group. As a general rule, the douchy groups tend to get weeded out, because there is no larger hierarchy moving Scoutmasters around to different troops, and there are always several troops in any given area for parents to choose from.

*Little known fact: every single person I have ever dated has been either an Eagle Scout, or a son of clergy. Mr. Clod was the only one who was both.

Shawnee123 · 04-09-2010, 03:47 PM

Clod, there are now a hundred men googling "how to become an eagle scout" you know, just in case...

classicman · 04-09-2010, 03:51 PM

since you made it public ... 99.

Shawnee123 · 04-09-2010, 03:56 PM

Well then you're just a chicken scout!

Clodfobble · 04-09-2010, 05:46 PM

It was never intentional. I'd meet a guy, and silently be thinking to myself, "Okay, there's no way in hell this one is an Eagle Scout, and I know for a fact that his father couldn't be a pastor..." And then a few weeks into the relationship, he'd casually mention that his father was actually a rabbi.

HungLikeJesus · 04-10-2010, 05:16 PM

To paraphrase Aldous Huxley, "of all the sexual perversions, celibacy is the most unnatural."

squirell nutkin · 04-10-2010, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

It was never intentional. I'd meet a guy, and silently be thinking to myself, "Okay, there's no way in hell this one is an Eagle Scout, and I know for a fact that his father couldn't be a pastor..." And then a few weeks into the relationship, he'd casually mention that his father was actually a rabbi.

It could be worse. Mrs.Nutkin and I have a friend who is unaware that he is gay. (we and nearly everyone who knows him, thinks this.)

His last two or three (lost track) girlfriends have dated him on the rebound of having their husbands leave them for another man...

Griff · 04-10-2010, 07:27 PM

Ouch, I know that guy.

btw-Welcome back HLJ!

HungLikeJesus · 04-10-2010, 07:35 PM

Thanks Griff.

I hope you weren't making a connection.

04-09-2010, 02:08 PM	#31
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Good Lord this thread is a train wreck. I had a great experience in the Boy Scouts, made some life-long friends and learned a lot. That said I would encourage my future kid(s) to participate but I'd make sure to be personally involved so as to lessen the chances of some sicko taking advantage. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

04-09-2010, 03:37 PM	#33
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	The quality of Boy Scout groups varies widely, and it has everything to do with the particular scoutmaster. I've heard mostly good stories, but you do get some douchebags in the mix just like with every other institution. No firsthand stories of pedophilia, mind you, but I did hear a firsthand account of rampant anti-Semitism in one particular group. As a general rule, the douchy groups tend to get weeded out, because there is no larger hierarchy moving Scoutmasters around to different troops, and there are always several troops in any given area for parents to choose from. Little known fact: every single person I have ever dated has been either an Eagle Scout, or a son of clergy. Mr. Clod was the only one who was both. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-09-2010, 03:47 PM	#34
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Clod, there are now a hundred men googling "how to become an eagle scout" you know, just in case... __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-09-2010, 03:51 PM	#35
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	since you made it public ... 99. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-09-2010, 03:56 PM	#36
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Well then you're just a chicken scout! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-09-2010, 05:46 PM	#37
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	It was never intentional. I'd meet a guy, and silently be thinking to myself, "Okay, there's no way in hell this one is an Eagle Scout, and I know for a fact that his father couldn't be a pastor..." And then a few weeks into the relationship, he'd casually mention that his father was actually a rabbi. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-10-2010, 05:16 PM	#38
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	To paraphrase Aldous Huxley, "of all the sexual perversions, celibacy is the most unnatural." __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-10-2010, 07:27 PM	#40
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ouch, I know that guy. btw-Welcome back HLJ! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-10-2010, 07:35 PM	#41
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Thanks Griff. I hope you weren't making a connection. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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