[UA] UA BSA

[Chad Underkoffler]

> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:29:32 -0600
> From: Stuart Anderson <stuartanderson at qwest.net>
>
> Chad Underkoffler wrote:
> > Nope, it was all Native American Fusion Mystic happy-crappy;
> > and as far as I can tell, a weird fusion of Plains Sioux and
> > Delaware/Lenni Lenape. Of course, that could be because this
> > was in Pennsylvania.
>
> Did any of you pursue any post-scouting stuff?  

Nah. I had considered doing Alpha Psi Omega in college, but for
whatever reason, decided against it. Probably just general
distaste for the Greek system and anything looking like it.

I miss camping something fierce, though.

> I'm thinking about a friend of mine who didn't get enough, 
> even after his Eagle & all, and joined a particularly odd 
> outfit called the Mikasae(?) Tribe.  These cats were
> heavily into character development via suspension of 
> disbelief, forging themselves into an ersatz Indian tribe. 
> I don't know how widespread this group is--my buddy was 
> from the wilds of Johnson County, KS.  

Never heard of them, but then again, never heard of teh Demolay
Society until my last year of college.

> I have a sort of extreme version of them in mind for 
> UnderAge--I really like this "Drunken Scout Master" 
> scenario--but I think some genuine insight into the 
> mindset would improve them.  Something about the nature
> of their loss?

DSM is way-cool.

I think the "loss" (what they'd probably see as their "gain") is
that they've channeled alot of their energy into building their
own little society at the expense of playing in the rest of our
reindeer games. I mean, we all do it to an extent, but when you
see anyone who's subordinated (as distinct from participating)
their social impulse into a single social group, we;; they can
be scary in their True Believerdom, whether it's BSA, a quilting
club, a religion, or whatever.




=====
Chad Underkoffler [chadu at yahoo.com]
http://www.geocities.com/chadu/index.html
"You left out a Hoongadoonga! The most important one, too!"
  - Capt. Jeffrey T. Spaulding (Groucho Marx)

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