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"Nationalist"? "Homophobic?" "Anti-Freethinking?"

Nationalist: read about the history of the split between Ernest Thompson Seton and Robert Baden-Powell. Baden-Powell took Seton's woodcraft organization and twisted it into something meant to produce soldiers for the Empire; and that fed back into the American scouting movement. "The tone of militant patriotism, the concern for individual efficiency within a nationalistic context, insistence on uniformity and centralization or authority, and the attraction of Scouting for preadolescent boys -- all these traits of British Scouting took root in America..." -- David Macleod

Anti-Freethinking: according to the wik, "Boy Scouts of America's position is that atheists and agnostics cannot participate as Scouts (youth members) or Scouters (adult leaders)". They have expelled young men for being atheist.

Homophobic:"Boy Scouts of America believes that homosexual conduct is inconsistent with the obligations in the Scout Oath and Scout Law to be morally straight and clean in thought, word, and deed....In the unlikely event that an older boy were to hold himself out as homosexual, he would not be able to continue in a youth leadership position." In 2005 a BSA employee was fired for being gay.

Please, whatever you are smoking, please stop. It's obviously damaged whatever feeble quantity of functional brain cells you had prior to starting.

Now that I have cured your ignorance, I will be glad to accept your apology for that insult whenever you are ready.

It is fair to say that this incident happened only about a week after there was a major highway shutdown due to shootout by two gunmen in the King County/Seattle area (which includes Kirkland, Redmond, and Bellveue). The two males who were arrested after shots were fired over I-5 Friday night had an AK-47 and multiple rounds of ammunition: http://northseattle.komonews.com/content/spd-shooters-near-nscc-had-ak-47-multiple-rounds-unused-ammo

This is just a symptom of hoarding disorder. Likewise the article in the summary. For whatever reason, some people just can't feel good without FINISHING. A Warcraft level is finite, the real world much less so. What would happen if the completion counter on GTA3 (or whatever game) only went up to 99% and never 100%? Imagine the groaning and gnashing of teeth! And if the reason was revealed as "some developer with a subversive sense of humor made it so nobody could get 100% complete?" Oh, my, there would be blood. The real krovvy kind, not the kind that turns to green when you hit the parental guidance icon.

Or one of these.

I am so entirely baffle as to why people would want to view this sort of photo, let alone send such an email. I'm ashamed to be the same species.

I've seen a dog sniff at a freshly killed dog on the road, whimper a bit and move on.

I've seen other animals eat one of their own after being killed on the road, thus making use of the dead animal.

Then we have people. We stand and gawk, talk about how kewl or fucked up that was, and then snigger and and most likely move on. Some of us, however, send pictures to the loved ones because it gives us a rush. We tormet, we terrorize, we enjoy the agony of others. Not all of us, of course... but a sizable chunk.

That sizable chunk of defective people is why I have a concealed carry permit. Do not fool yourselves into thinking that kids who view a pic on the net like that and find it fascinating will not beat your brains out with a ballbat when you're in your 50s just for the fun of it. The only thing that keeps many of us from running into bad situations with these little pricks (and adult pricks) is their fear of being caught. They are not "decent" people.

Here's two more idiots you should take note of: right here. Degenerate behavior is the new norm.