Obese kids banned from Boy Scout Jamboree

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Link--> Boy Scouts ban obese kids from Jamboree

They say it's being done for safety reasons.
This specific Jamboree has many physical type activities which could be harmful to obese kids.

Sadly it makes sense given the fact so many are so quick to file lawsuits.
 
Absolutely! It is about safety not discrimination. The location of the Jamboree is hot and humid. People who are out of shape, obese, diabetic and chronically ill are at a much greater risk of suffering heat related complications (dehydration, heat stress, heat exhaustion and heat stroke). Heat stroke is life threatening. Once a person gets a heat stroke they become even more prone to it.
 
If the parents get upset maybe they need to ask themselves who caused this problem to begin with. Parents shouldn't be upset when their obese child is banned from physical activities. It is primarily their fault for letting their child get that way in my opinion.
 
BillyTheKid said:
LOL....really? Why is it that on this forum someone ALWAYS tries to drag the whole homosexual thing in to EVERY topic? I think the main point is the safety of the kids.
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that was my point. Immoral behavior is not safe.Besides this is the first time on any forum I have 'dragged' in the homosexual issue. It was just in this case a propos in light of their recent buckling.
 
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Good point. In the old days, people didn't run down and file lawsuits to see if they could win the lawsuit lottery unless something serious happened and they needed to be reimbursed. When I was a kid, people who filed exploitive, greedy, or frivolous lawsuits were shunned because they lacked honor and most people still had it back then.

Over 110 million Americans passed through the Boy Scouts of America which offered gun safety and training classes using live ammunition. Millions of young people were mentored and trained in the proper use of firearms with their first firearm often coming from the government M1 carbine program. We were all safer for it. They still do!

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Because they didn't organize initially as a Christian organization (though they did base much of their founding documents on Christian principles), they left open the door for a large number of demonically inspired lawsuits and political attacks upon their organization.

They weathered them nicely winning lawsuit after lawsuit right up to and including lawsuits that went before the Supreme Court but they could have saved themselves about a hundred million dollars in legal expenses.

None of those lawsuits would have gotten past the preliminary stage if they had been able to assert they were founded as a Christian organization (it's against the law for the government to tell a Christian organization they can't practice their religion).

Well they won them all anyways. The Supreme Court upheld their right to allow or disallow in atheists and homosexuals. It was up to them. Recently they chose to allow the kids in these two categories to join but not adults.


1still_waters said:
Link--> Boy Scouts ban obese kids from Jamboree

They say it's being done for safety reasons.
This specific Jamboree has many physical type activities which could be harmful to obese kids.

Sadly it makes sense given the fact so many are so quick to file lawsuits.
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Activities physically dangerous to the obese? Like what working out?
 
Grey said:
Activities physically dangerous to the obese? Like what working out?
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Obesity is a safety concern when the temperature rises above 85 deg F. Right now the high is around 88 degrees Fahrenheit but the heat index for the same area is 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Fat is an insulation and the fatter you are, means the ratio of volume to surface are is actually less than a thin person.

I was a scoutmaster for 5 years. I regularly saw bulletins about limiting children on "high adventure activities" to 40 or less BMI, all the time. I am glad they put their foot down.
 
I was a Boy Scout, it was a physical activity group and those who were not in condition to persue the activity naturally bowed out. But now we have people who insist on being part of things they don't agree with. For them to bow out is one thing, for them to be excluded is another. So do you allow the unconditioned, and risk the injury lawsuit, or tell them no, and risk the discrimination lawsuit? Or do you ammend the activity list to accomodate their level, eliminating the heart and soul intent of the organization? Any way they turn, the Boy Scouts (and any like organizations) are screwed.
 
Lol @ Ricky. Sad but true. Americans are living longer but seem to be regressing when it comes to their level of maturity overall.
 
AgeofKnowledge said:
Lol @ Ricky. Sad but true. Americans are living longer but seem to be regressing when it comes to their level of maturity overall.
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Very true, well I suppose its like more water is in the boat, though we're able to bail out water faster.
 
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