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Default Political correctness run amuck

On 5/2/18 1:19 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/2/2018 11:26 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/2/18 11:10 AM, Tim wrote:

9:25 AMKeyser Soze
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This isn't the 1920s, where you are stuck.
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And I’ll bet you’re in favor of men using the women’s restrooms too

It wouldn't have been an issue when I was a Cub Scout and then a Boy
Scout/Sea Scout.

Little Scouts met at someone's home once a week. The bathrooms were
private, once person at a time. The monthly meetings were held at a
public school, where there were male and female bathrooms. When I
"graduated" to the older Scout groups, we first met in the basement of
a Catholic church, where there were male and female bathrooms, and
then we met at a synagogue, where there also were male and female
bathrooms.

It would have been easy to arrange proper "accommodations" when we all
went camping...in tents.

So, raising the bathroom issue when discussing the merging of boy
scout and girl scout units is silly. Sure, there may be times when it
isn't so easy to arrange things, but so what? Life is complicated.
Merging the genders makes it easier for working parents to ensure the
kids have the advantages of scouting without having the difficulties
of taking a boy to one place and a girl to a different place. Improves
socialization skills, top, I'd guess.



Ah ... so *that's* the reason.Â* Make it easier on the progressive
liberal parents instead of what's in the best interests of their kids.

Figures.



Today's parents have it a lot tougher making a decent living than
parents of my childhood years did. My mom was a stay at home mom, as
were the moms of most of my friends. They had the time to haul their
kids around to different after-school activities, like scouts. Today's
parents for the most part are both working to earn enough to support the
family. A scout program that accepts kids of both genders makes it
easier for everyone. It has nothing to do with progressive liberalism.