"The Girl Scouts always seemed to be a far more tolerant organization. I wonder how the Boy Scouts went astray."

The GS got cookies.

I was in cubs and scouts also. Learned knots there--knots I use today for emergency work. The organization instilled a sense of pride in young kids. They didn't care what kind of homes we came from or what the incomes of our caregivers were. They kept a few of us off the streets and likely (in my case anyway) out of jail. The leaders I had were good men, and they helped to provide a foundation for what I'll loosely call 'sense of duty'. I am beholden to them for that.