19-05-2014, 09:43 AM
Baden Powell intended it as a youth paramilitary outfit for the Empire though. I think this is just true to it's creator's mission. In his day it was the dreaded Huns and Bolsheviks. Today 'terrorists'.
The minds and hearts of children are prized by authoritarians. So they can be chained and restrained.
Quote:In 1910 Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell decided to retire from the Army, allegedly on the advice of King Edward VII, who, allegedly, suggested that he could better serve his country by promoting Scouting.[SUP][/SUP][SUP][/SUP]
On the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Baden-Powell put himself at the disposal of the War Office. No command was given him. Lord Kitchener said: "he could lay his hand on several competent divisional generals but could find no one who could carry on the invaluable work of the Boy Scouts."[SUP][/SUP] It was widely rumoured that Baden-Powell was engaged in spying, and intelligence officers took great care to spread the myth.
The minds and hearts of children are prized by authoritarians. So they can be chained and restrained.
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"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.