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The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?



 
 
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Old March 19th 10, 07:21 AM posted to rec.collecting.coins
MKW
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Default The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?

Can someone tell me again why there is a female featured on the Boy
Scout silver dollar? I was at a banquet tonight for Boy Scout
Alumni...and NO one had ever heard of a girl being in the boy
scouts. That really is the dumbest design ever. Nice to see that
committees dictate art that have no clue about the organizations.
And being politically correct is not the same as being inaccurate.
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Old March 19th 10, 08:42 AM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Mr. Jaggers
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Default The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?

MKW wrote:
Can someone tell me again why there is a female featured on the Boy
Scout silver dollar? I was at a banquet tonight for Boy Scout
Alumni...and NO one had ever heard of a girl being in the boy
scouts. That really is the dumbest design ever. Nice to see that
committees dictate art that have no clue about the organizations.
And being politically correct is not the same as being inaccurate.


I won't come right out and give away this
Communist/Socialist/Fascist/Atheist/Marxist/Leninist/Stalinist/French-Looking/Sissy/Librul
(pick one or more of your favorites from this list) plot, as it just
wouldn't be sporting of me. But if you'd really, really like to have a clue
about what the girl is doing on the boy scout coin, look up the term
"Venturing" on any good search engine and do some reading. You'll be glad
you did!

James


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Old March 19th 10, 01:09 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
mazorj
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Default The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?


"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
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MKW wrote:
Can someone tell me again why there is a female featured on the Boy
Scout silver dollar? I was at a banquet tonight for Boy Scout
Alumni...and NO one had ever heard of a girl being in the boy
scouts. That really is the dumbest design ever. Nice to see that
committees dictate art that have no clue about the organizations.
And being politically correct is not the same as being inaccurate.


I won't come right out and give away this
Communist/Socialist/Fascist/Atheist/Marxist/Leninist/Stalinist/French-Looking/Sissy/Librul
(pick one or more of your favorites from this list) plot, as it just
wouldn't be sporting of me. But if you'd really, really like to have a
clue about what the girl is doing on the boy scout coin, look up the term
"Venturing" on any good search engine and do some reading. You'll be glad
you did!

James


You left out Hippie/Femi-Nazi/Crypto-Muslim/Tree-Hugger

- mazorj the Pigeonholer



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Old March 19th 10, 01:55 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Bruce Remick
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Default The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?


"MKW" wrote in message
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Can someone tell me again why there is a female featured on the Boy
Scout silver dollar? I was at a banquet tonight for Boy Scout
Alumni...and NO one had ever heard of a girl being in the boy
scouts. That really is the dumbest design ever. Nice to see that
committees dictate art that have no clue about the organizations.
And being politically correct is not the same as being inaccurate.


Why are you presuming one of the featured individuals is a girl?


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Old March 19th 10, 02:04 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Michael Benveniste[_2_]
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Default The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?

"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:

But if you'd really, really like to have a clue about what the girl is
doing on the boy scout coin, look up the term "Venturing" on any
good search engine and do some reading.


That's true. According to the 2008 membership numbers I've seen, in
2008, 83,544 U.S. scouts were female, out of a total claimed membership
of 2,772,649. Despite allowing girls to join since 1971, the
organization does not grant them full equality -- you still have to
be male to become an Eagle Scout.

Personally, I look at the coin as an expression of a committee's
artistic vision. Instead of choosing to depict a statistically
accurate representation of 100 years of Scouting in the U.S., they
chose to depict the ideals of Scouting as the committee thought they
should be.

Why yes, I did sneer when I wrote "committee's artistic vision."

--
Michael Benveniste -- (Clarification required)
"The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and
switchblades." Alice Cooper


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Old March 19th 10, 02:08 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Michael Benveniste[_2_]
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Default The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?

"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
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Why are you presuming one of the featured individuals is a girl?


Uh, because the mint says so?
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/...=2010BoyScouts

--
Michael Benveniste -- (Clarification required)
"The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and
switchblades." Alice Cooper


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Old March 19th 10, 02:20 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Mr. Jaggers
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Default The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?

mazorj wrote:
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
...
MKW wrote:
Can someone tell me again why there is a female featured on the Boy
Scout silver dollar? I was at a banquet tonight for Boy Scout
Alumni...and NO one had ever heard of a girl being in the boy
scouts. That really is the dumbest design ever. Nice to see that
committees dictate art that have no clue about the organizations.
And being politically correct is not the same as being inaccurate.


I won't come right out and give away this
Communist/Socialist/Fascist/Atheist/Marxist/Leninist/Stalinist/French-Looking/Sissy/Librul
(pick one or more of your favorites from this list) plot, as it just
wouldn't be sporting of me. But if you'd really, really like to
have a clue about what the girl is doing on the boy scout coin, look
up the term "Venturing" on any good search engine and do some
reading. You'll be glad you did!

James


You left out Hippie/Femi-Nazi/Crypto-Muslim/Tree-Hugger


You wouldn't believe all the other stuff I left out then either. Wait,
maybe you would.

James the Bleeding Heart Environmentalist Wacko


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Old March 19th 10, 02:28 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Mr. Jaggers
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Default The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?

Michael Benveniste wrote:
"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
...
Why are you presuming one of the featured individuals is a girl?


Uh, because the mint says so?
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/...=2010BoyScouts


Aw, you went and spoiled it. Alas, that's today's education for ya, served
up on a silver platter to the point where nobody has to work for it any
more.

James the One-Room School Alumnus


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Old March 19th 10, 02:31 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Mr. Jaggers
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Default The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?

Michael Benveniste wrote:
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:

But if you'd really, really like to have a clue about what the girl
is doing on the boy scout coin, look up the term "Venturing" on any
good search engine and do some reading.


That's true. According to the 2008 membership numbers I've seen, in
2008, 83,544 U.S. scouts were female, out of a total claimed
membership of 2,772,649. Despite allowing girls to join since 1971,
the organization does not grant them full equality -- you still have
to be male to become an Eagle Scout.

Personally, I look at the coin as an expression of a committee's
artistic vision. Instead of choosing to depict a statistically
accurate representation of 100 years of Scouting in the U.S., they
chose to depict the ideals of Scouting as the committee thought they
should be.


Looks to me as if the committee chose to depict the reality of scouting as
it is in 2010. Anyone who isn't aware of that reality can learn from
numismatics, which, after all, is one of the classic reasons given for doing
this in the first place.

James the Modernist


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Old March 19th 10, 02:32 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Bruce Remick
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Default The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?


"Michael Benveniste" wrote in message
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"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
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Why are you presuming one of the featured individuals is a girl?


Uh, because the mint says so?
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/...=2010BoyScouts


Okay. So which of the three then?


 




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