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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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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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The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?
"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 - mazorj the Pigeonholer |
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The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?
"MKW" wrote in message ... 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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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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The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?
"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 -- Michael Benveniste -- (Clarification required) "The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades." Alice Cooper |
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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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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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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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The new Boy Scout Silver Dollar from the US Mint? Why a girl?
"Michael Benveniste" wrote in message ... "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 Okay. So which of the three then? |
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