Wondering just what happened
I am about to unload what has my goat in a ditch recently. I am not quick to anger but what has been going on lately in the world is just starting to infuriate me.
Lately, I have been seeing ads and getting emails looking for men to join a suit against the Boy Scouts of America. This is just another disappointment in a long line of disappointments with people going sue crazy and wanting a quick buck.
Lawyers should have no right to hold an entire organization accountable for what a few despicable people have done to innocent children. I strongly believe those who perpetrated these crimes and the trust of their wards should whole heartedly be punished with extreme prejudice, but the organization should not be held accountable.
This line of greed and thinking has infested our society for way too long. I know the exact time that began the downfall. I have said it before, and honestly believe it was the beginning of what would be the beginning of the age, when lawyers and people began suing everyone for anything and everything under the sun regardless of fault or common sense. That moment was in 1992 when a lady sued McDonalds over hot coffee and was awarded a 3-million-dollar judgement for spilling hot coffee on herself.
Most people would be embarrassed about spilling coffee on themself and learn that maybe they should be more careful when handling hot coffee. This preposterous suit should have never made it past the judge. This ushered in the age of blaming others and trying to get a quick buck. It’s dishonest I tell you. The latest is the suit against the Boy Scouts of America. I was a Cub Scout, and later a Boy Scout. This organization taught me how to be a man when I could not learn it anywhere else. I learned the motto which I fol low to this day for one, “To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.” I also learned to always be prepared, which I still practice daily. My Scout Leader said always carry a knife, a hanky and a watch. All 3 can help almost any situation in an emergency. A handkerchief can be used as a tourniquet, offered to a lady to wipe her tears or a child to blow his nose. A watch will always help you keep your appointments and can be used as a compass. A knife has so many uses the list would be too long to include here. I learned the 12 principals of a Scout, which I still live by today, as do most who have been scouts, “A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.” I admit, I do have a problem from time to time with the thrifty part, but I do my best.
It is time to get back to old school values and way of life. For the most part where I live now, in my recently beloved Olney of three years, I feel this is still how it is. How do we get the rest of the world to wake up and start acting right again? This is Will B. Saying I guess we can only help to keep those around us accountable and of course, ourselves.