Dear Ed Eagle Scout, Very good , and well done. But I did'nt think that they used word's like "crap" when making a point. Hey Ed I agree with a lot of what said, why don't you check out what the Creator (God) say's about fishing and you will see you were right.(Genesis 1:26) Come on Eagle scout lead by example, watch those words that seem to want to fly out of all our mouths when things get heated, remember your fellow scouters young and old are watching and listening.and everybody else. Hang in there, and keep up the good work in the scouts. Signed Scott C.------ CROW P.S. Isaiah 40: 31 Read it ,ed---enjoy
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:25:31 -0500 "Eddie D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As an eagle scout, I have my input on this matter. First, I think it > sucks > that PETA talked this guy into doing this commercial. When I was > 15, I'd do > just about anything for a few hundred bucks. And at 17, I'd do just > about > anything too, as long as im in support for it. > > In Scouting, we've been taught to fish, to survive in the > wilderness, to > camp, to hunt, and have all sorts of other oppurtunities others dont > have. > And hey, PETA might(they really dont, but lets pretend they do) have > a > point. Remember the outdoor code(fellow scouters)? To leave the > land better > then we found it? I have NEVER seen a scout catch a fish and then > beat it > senselessly. Infact, 85 percent of the time, all fish are released. > Safely > and properly. Yeah, my troop has been known to keep a FEW fish and > cook > them up for dinner. Managing the population, and its all within the > rules. > > Scouting, as murf said, is about living off the land. Put a group > of scouts > and a group of Peta out in the wilderness together. None of this > "survivor > amazon" crap, im talking hard core wilderness. We'll see who makes > it out > to the end.... PETA can come interview me if they want the low > down. > > > -Eddie Dillon > Eagle Scout, Troop 617 Columbia, MD > > > > > > > >To the VFB, FFW and Hill Country Fly Fisher Lists. > > > >The Boy Scouts of America now has to defend itself against the > Likes of > >PETA who has targeted the BSA in this latest PETA campaign. It > will be > >interesting to see how this plays out, but I guarantee you one > thing, the > >BSA will not discontinue its FISHING and FLY FISHING Merit Badges. > > > >JIMMY D > > > > > >Boy Scout Senior Patrol Leader Justin Aligata, age 15, stars in > PETA's new > >television commercial encouraging Boy Scouts not to violate Boy > Scout Law > >by > >going fishing. The TV spot will air on local affiliates in Dallas, > the > >hometown of the Boy Scouts of America, but not on the local Warner > Brothers > >affiliate, which rejected the ad as "too controversial." > > > >Also rejecting the ad are all the national networks such as, NBC, > ABC, Fox > >Family Channel, CBS children's programming, Cartoon Network, > Nickelodeon, > >MTV, TNT, TBS, and Toon Disney. According to Tom Kline of > Broadcast > >Standards and Practices at the Disney Kids Network, "I cannot air > this on > >Toon Disney. Especially because the spot is not teaching children > why not > >to > >fish-it is just telling them not to do it because it hurts animals. > Plus, > >some people really like to fish." > > > >The spot points out that fishing does hurt animals-precisely why > children > >shouldn't fish. Fish have a neurochemical system similar to that of > humans, > >as well as the brain capacity to experience fear and pain. They > begin to > >die > >slowly of suffocation the moment they are pulled out of the water. > And > >angling hurts other animals besides fish. Countless birds, turtles, > and > >other sea animals suffer debilitating injuries or death after > swallowing > >fishhooks or becoming entangled in fishing line. > > > >PETA has asked Boy Scouts of America President Milton H. Ward to > withdraw > >the "Fishing" and "Fish and Wildlife Management" merit badges > because they > >teach boys that hooking, suffocating, and killing fish is > acceptable and to > >replace the badges with a "Waterways Cleanup" badge. > > > >"Boy Scout Law says we're not supposed to hurt or kill harmless > things > >without reason. So I just couldn't hook helpless animals in the > mouth, yank > >them out of their environment, and still call myself a Boy Scout," > says > >Justin in the commercial. > > > > > >-- > >Jimmy D. Moore - Author,Outdoor Writer,TOWA, TF&G,VP-GRTU > Owner/Webmaster - > >Worldwide Flyfishing Info. > >http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html > > > >www.sportingtales.com This is the website of Sporting Tales > magazine - No > >"how-to OR "where-to"! Just the "Why-to", > >with outstanding campfire type stories about hunting and fishing. > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > >
