From: Pete Ballantyne [peteb@canada.com]
Sent: April 17, 2001 7:40 PM
To: 'Webmaster@Scoutscan.com'
Subject: RE: Uniforms

Yes, go for it..

-----Original Message-----
From:	Webmaster@Scoutscan.com [mailto:webmaster@scoutscan.com]
Sent:	2001, April, 17 7:37 AM
To:	Pete Ballantyne
Subject:	RE: Uniforms

May I have your permission to post your comments on Scoutscan.com?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Ballantyne [mailto:peteb@canada.com]
> Sent: April 16, 2001 8:25 PM
> To: webmaster@scoutscan.com
> Subject: Uniforms
>
>
> I found the three opinions (four counting the BSA) interesting to say the
> least.  These missives confirmed my belief that the uniform is an adult
> thing and that its existence in it's current paramilitary format is an
> attempt by adults to relive a past that no longer (and in some cases never
> did) exists.  Scouting, like other aspects of life, is an evolutionary
> process, times and "values" change and we must change with them.  Harking
> back to the "good old days" is escapism to a past that mostly
> exists in our
> minds.  One of the advantages of being old(er) is that one has
> lived in the
> "good old days" and believe me they were not what they are portrayed as
> being.