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[b]Add Scouting to that list - those numbers have plummeted as well. [/b]Even the local chamber of commerce and things like that.  Anything that has a non-competitive community aspect seems to be dying.  And it's those things that are most critical to knitting together the fabric of society.[/quote]

Could you think of any possible reason for that?[/quote]

Not the PP, but I've had experience with scouting and was really put off by the vibe - it was overwhelmingly white, conservative, and Christian, and felt like stepping back in time to the 70's - but not the good 70's.  It was like it hadn't changed changed since I was a kid, but kids and parents (at least most of them) have changed.  Most of the kids there didn't seem to be enjoying themselves, and were being forced by their parents, who seemed to think Eagle Scout would be good on a college application, or that boyscouts was teaching their kid some kind of values (which as far as I could see, it was not).[/quote]

Yes. I had to work with some Scout members and parents in a former job, specifically with their Eagle Scout projects. The whole thing seemed to be for the parents and their Eagle Scout projects seemed really pointless. I was surprised at how corny and yes, 1950s it was. However, this was in CA so there were plenty of Latino and Asian families participating in it. But it seemed dated and irrelevant. [/quote]

LOL. It's mostly white but many Latino and Asian. Obviously not reflective of anything other than the adults who run it with the kids. The DC area scouts are booming. [/quote]

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