[philmont] Please Stop

What an excellant idea! The Chaplain's Aide could use this as part of the daily reflection.
Any thoughts from the staff (past or present) that linger in the shadows on this list?

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Mark Jaffry
  To: philmont List Member
  Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:45 PM
  Subject: [philmont] Please Stop

  Just a thought...but perhaps in support of that effort, you would be willing
  to provide a write up with some additional details which cold be given to
  the Logistics Department. Then simply ask them to provide a copy to all
  crews who will be going there. As part of his responsibilities, again
  perhaps, the Chaplain's Aide could read the story for his crew once they
  summit that peak. Remember, respect begins by setting the example.

  -----Original Message-----
  From: philmont@troop47.com [mailto:philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of
  Istrouma Area Council - High Adventure
  Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:54 AM
  To: philmont List Member
  Subject: [philmont] Please Stop

  As usual I learn a lot from replies to my posts.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  Scott Calkins
  Baton Rouge, LA

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