> Aren't the Boy Scouts all about moral fiber and outdoorsy skills?
>
> Well it used to be more about making men out of boys. To give you the skills to "be
> prepared" in life, and to help you learn trades and working skills. It's just at the
> time the Boy Scouts were formed, most boys and men at the time were into fishing,
> hunting, camping, crafting etc...
>
> When I was a Boy Scout there were plenty of "indoorsy" artsy, and tech type badges to
> earn like Veterinary Medicine, Electricity, Model Building (easy one), Salesmanship,
> Robotics, Sculpting, hell even READING.
Agreed. When I was a Scout I completed both Computers and Electronics merit badges. Sure, it's a bit of a reach-out to the nerds but it's also the Boy Scouts going "hey, look, we're modern and trendy and techy!"
- Stiletto
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