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Hong Kong Boy Scouts to Protect IP
phresno writes "Declan McCullagh at C|net's News.com has a short article on the development that the Hong Kong Boy Scouts Association has teamed up with the MPA to create an intellectual property merit badge. Mike Ellis of the MPA hopes this program will 'provide thousands of young people -- future leaders -- with a better understanding of the value of intellectual property.' Those with tinfoil hats will surely be thinking of the youth in Orwell's 1984."
I'll post the first obligatory Nazi reference.
Having been a Scout myself, I can't imagine what possessed them to do this (other than $$$). I think I'll go home and burn all of my Scout awards, etc.
There was nothing in the Scout oath about being a corporate stooge.
If "disco" means "I learn" in Latin, does "discothèque" mean "I learn technology"?
Who ever heard of Japanese boyscouts? I thought boyscouts were a Soviet Russia only sort of thing.
Go have a peek, it's hilarious!
I was a part of the program, but my children won't be. I think tolerance and inclusion are far more important lessons than tying a knot or having a circle jerk about how much we love being Christians.