[philmont] Please Stop

well said
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From: "Istrouma Area Council - High Adventure" <high.adventure@cox.net>
To: "philmont List Member" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:53 AM
Subject: [philmont] Please Stop

> As usual I learn a lot from replies to my posts.
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> I still implore everyone associated with this list to "Please Stop".
> Abraham Lincoln said, "The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,
> have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. " But I
> don't think Mr Lincoln would have appreciated boys peeing on that hallowed
> ground.
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> Dr. Bob and Mike Sharratt (thanks Sharon) bring up great points. It's not
> malicious and how I handle it must benefit the boys. I would never dress
> down a Scout, or his advisors, if I happened upon them participating in
> the ill-conceived tradition on Trail Peak. But, I can tell the story of
> the crash the night before my crew's ascent, or even at the staff
> campfires (if they'll let me) at Beaubien and others in the area. Then
> ask that they take a moment to reflect on that sacrifice when they reach
> the crash site.
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> I don't think any Scout/Scouter would make a tradition of peeing on the
> Tomb of the Unknowns or the battlefields of Gettysburg, because they know
> about the sacrifices represented by those places. So lets start a new
> tradition of educating trekkers before they climb Trail Peak about the
> sacrifice of the men who died there.
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> Scott Calkins
> Baton Rouge, LA
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Received on Tue Feb 12 19:24:43 2008