Boy Scouts Kill felling a tree

[computeruser]

Lighten up, kids. Looks like someone's hyperbole meter was turned off.

It would be interesting to know precisely what the heck they all were thinking when they started down the path of felling trees in what proved to be a very unsafe location.

 

[lone wolf]

Lighten up, kids. Looks like someone's hyperbole meter was turned off.

It would be interesting to know precisely what the heck they all were thinking when they started down the path of felling trees in what proved to be a very unsafe location.

Kids dont think much.

 

[RAS61]

Put the kids and the adults in prison, and sue the heck out of BSA.

As someone who's involved with scouting, and who's son just became an Eagle Scout, lets not throw the baby out with the bath water here. Boy Scouts is one of the few remaining organizations that teaches youths disipline, perseverance, and a host of other core values missing in our society.

Concerning this incident, the article gives zero insight into any details, so we don't know if this was stupidity or just an unfortunate accident. Scouts are taught the proper way to handle cutting tools, and must pass a test before they can even handle and carry a pocket knife. On the other hand, I've never heard of scouts felling trees, and doing it so close to the road is clearly a bad decision, whether it originated with the adults or was just the impetuous and ignorant act of boys. Bottom line, you can't fix stupid, and bad things happen in the real world. Bury scouting if you want, they already have one foot in the grave, but society will be worse off when it's gone.