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Boy Scouts Introduce Merit Badge For Not Pirating
The_Slaughter writes "The MPAA has recruited the boy scouts of America to do their dirty work. Scouts will now be able to learn a merit badge for anti-piracy related activities, including creating public service announcements urging others not to steal movies or music. No word yet on if that includes helping the MPAA file lawsuits against 80-year-old grandmothers."
I made it to Star Scout when I turned 16, which was the time I quit going to meetings and got licensed to go crusing independantly without regard to any civic or social duty. Yeah, that's how it can be said.
But anyway, I find that of everything I learned in the Scouts, Pioneering has remained the most useful in every day life.
Something metal broke and you don't have a welder but do have some rope? Fix it now!
Going to Burning Man and hate the complexities and weight of bolts, reinforcement bars, and other machines for pre-fab structures designed to hold up under weight or stress? Wood and rope is all you really need.
Got a boat? Why get icky with tar and other pitch goo just to keep your lines from fraying. Lash the babies. Seems to last longer, too.
I literally could go on and on about all the instances where the "lashing and knot tying" merit badge saved the day when all the hi-tech engineering either came up short, weren't readily available, or logistically impossible.
I'm jus' agreeing that this new merit badge seems absolutely worthless. Even without comparison.