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08-26-2017, 11:28 PM | #16 |
I love it when a plan comes together.
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I've got a blue butterfly. It's on my taskbar. Clicking on it connects me to my email.
Perhaps the boy's blue butterfly idea didn't come directly from nature and his parents didn't want him walking around with a Microsoft logo on his face. IT COULD HAPPEN! |
08-27-2017, 12:55 AM | #17 |
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I'm with monster, at 11 to 14 girls going through puberty are embarrassed and tend to withdraw. Girls that age have a lot of pressure on them. Doing activities with other girls, even the same things the boys do, will boost their confidence in themselves, and a chance to mix other girls going through the same pressures.
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08-27-2017, 10:15 AM | #18 |
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Isn't it a paramilitary organization? We need everyone to be able to manage basic skills
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08-27-2017, 10:48 AM | #19 |
I love it when a plan comes together.
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Hmmm, is learning how to be resourceful in case one has to deal with the occurrence and aftermath of a tornado, hurricane, flood, earthquake, epidemic, wildfire; or, blizzard primarily the purview of the military? How about leadership and management?
I suppose some of those skills could be used in case of riots, wars, and acts of terrorism; but, does that really conjure up a paramilitary label with most people? |
08-28-2017, 02:16 PM | #20 |
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That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Don't even know how to respond to something so ridiculous.
I'll be over here no longer interested.
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08-28-2017, 04:46 PM | #21 |
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*shrug* it's okay, I'm wrong.
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08-28-2017, 05:10 PM | #22 |
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As a kid, I always assumed they were proto-fascist, but a lot of them turned out to be run of the mill pot-heads, so we were both wrong. One of our local troops does a lot of good work with boys with disabilities so I've come around to the point where I figure generalizations are less than helpful.
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08-28-2017, 05:20 PM | #23 |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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It's purely up to the leaders. Some leaders use the scouts as props in a military LARP, and others just go camping.
The founder, Lord Baden-Powell, from what I know of him, was of the LARP persuasion.
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08-29-2017, 01:40 PM | #24 |
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As a kid I was not aware proto-fascists existed.
As a 50 year old man, I don't know what the fuck a proto-fascist even is. I wonder how many 15 year olds know what a proto-fascist is, or even how to spell it. I wonder how many 15 year olds 30 years ago knew what a proto-fascist was? If I had a teenage kid, and he/she knew what a proto-fascist was, I think I'd take him/her to the vet and have him/her put down.
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08-29-2017, 03:19 PM | #25 |
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As a kid, I thought they were dorks. But ROTC, yeah I figured they were all proto-fascist, or whatever I thought that was at the time.
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08-29-2017, 04:17 PM | #28 |
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I was in ROTC in High School, and I'm about as far from fascist as they come.
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08-29-2017, 05:32 PM | #29 |
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Mind you I believe marching band is a paramilitary organization.
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08-29-2017, 06:00 PM | #30 |
I love it when a plan comes together.
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What a coincidence, some people in the military think military bands are paramilitary too.
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