[MR] funny how people get about what they find ok

[James Anderson III]

Agreed.

I was a boy scout as a kid. I don't remember any conversations about
religion nor homosexuality. I carved stuff out of wood, made the little
pinewood derby race cars, won trophies, learned to socialize, and got
patches. My parents and sister are all 3 of different faiths, and I haven't
been to church in a good 15-20 years. I wasn't kicked out, nor do I recall
any harsh words ever spoken to me, beyond "That knife isn't a toy"... early
90s would have been my timeframe, and I've had no interaction since that
time.

I think depriving children of an SCA demo because of personal issues with a
statement by a nationwide (worldwide?) organization is quite unfair. We're
talking about kids, not some elite group of terrorists or criminal
masterminds. They're kids, and they want to learn. Does it matter what group
they're with? Do we not want to teach those who wish to learn? Are we so
petty that we would we rather perhaps kill the interest of future members?

If someone in the SCA doesn't like the boy scouts for whatever reason
... it's your right, and simply don't attend. Nobody has a gun to your head.
But please find a better place to voice the displeasure than an SCA list, as
the argument is clearly against the boy scouts and the SCA demo involvement
is completely irrelevant.

I re-joined this mailing list about a week ago after many years of hiatus
because I wanted to read SCA-related material ... not political arguments. This
is simply reminding me of why the SCA politics and nazi-isms became
overbearing and I quit years ago before even paying dues.

I have zero interest in hearing about the latest "crusade", unless said
crusade involves weapons and armor ... and is before the 18th century.

If this is how the list is, perhaps I should walk away again, permanently.



On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:44 AM, barry goen <bdgoen at yahoo.com> wrote:

> This is not the right forum to discuss this issue. Can we save this
> discussion for the proper forum? Can we just agree to disagree about this.
> Good gracious. This is the reason I got out of the SCA before. Too many
> people with personal agendas. Why cant we just agree to disagree about this
> and move on? Nobody cares about your personal agenda. If you wish to debate
> this, take it to the right forum and stop wasting the bandwidth on this
> issue.
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> I am sorry about this but I for one am tired about people plastering the
> Merry Rose list with things that have nothing to do with the SCA or with
> period subjects.
> In service to Crown and Kingdom.
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> Barry Goen
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