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11-05-2013, 12:17 PM | #1 |
I wonder . . .
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November 5, 2013 - Queen's Head
On the northeast coast of Taiwan there is a rocky cape known as Yehliu. On the cape are many interesting rock formations known as hoodoos. This hoodoo is known as called “the Queen’s Head.” Photo Credit: Kenny Teo Found on Beautiful Places to Visit |
11-05-2013, 12:39 PM | #2 |
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Quick, call the Boy Scouts of America
... they will send a scout leader to take care of that dangerous rock before it falls and hurts someone. |
11-05-2013, 01:02 PM | #3 |
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That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the picture. :-)
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11-05-2013, 01:12 PM | #4 | |
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Me too.
Except you need to amend your statement to read "Ex-BSA leaders" as those men were removed from their posts as a result of their stupidity. Quote:
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11-05-2013, 01:36 PM | #5 |
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It's a juicy story. Boy Scout leaders destroy nature.
But as a BSA adult member, it pisses me off. They did exactly the wrong thing according to a century of BSA tradition and rules. The BSA actively teaches against exactly that behavior. It's a central aspect of what Scouts is all about. When they wore the uniform, they were frauds, and now that they have been kicked out, they are not associated with the BSA at all. You might as well blame all men, because they were men. Or all Mormons, because from Utah, they are probably Mormons. Or all Republicans, for the same reason. The BSA has been getting a lot of bad press lately. And some of it is well deserved, but it's not fair to criticize the BSA for the actions of those two criminals. |
11-05-2013, 01:56 PM | #6 |
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I won't pile on you, Glatt, because I understand your feelings,
and my intent was more from the direction of smart-alec humor than direct criticism of BSA. The BSA may have to live with this for a long time. But then, a bad example, and even some public criticism, can be a teaching moment for so many others ... the boys, their parents, scout leaders, and the organization, itself. |
11-05-2013, 06:02 PM | #7 |
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This pic is from the same IOD link to pics of the Yehliu area.
We see something like these "wash tub" formations in "freestone" rivers of the western US. The current swirls a small rock around inside a depression, and over time the "tub" forms. But look closely at the center in these formations. It looks as tho there are rocks in there, but they each have cracks ... and each of these cracks is oriented in the same direction ! Anyone have some sort of explanation for these formations ? |
11-06-2013, 06:52 AM | #8 | |
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11-06-2013, 10:15 AM | #9 |
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Me three.
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11-06-2013, 01:26 PM | #10 |
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Or even more freaky, Sailing stones. (I think we had this as an IotD before.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_stone
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11-11-2013, 01:24 PM | #11 |
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It was ugly what he did - especially since he was getting disability at the time!
He's strong enough to hike his fat ass around with the scouts, and push boulders off their narrow pedestals, but he's too disabled to work? On the other hand, I hate to see his actions put into the category of "destroying nature". He pushed over one smallish boulder, and moved it a few meters. The boulder i's no longer as appealing, but nothing except our aesthetic enjoyment of it, has been destroyed. Nature is just fine with it. The boulder had no special symbolic significance, (it wasn't the "Boulder of Liberty", or some such), and aesthetically, it couldn't be rated higher than "small". If he had dumped out a bucket of DDT, into a stream, THAT would be quite destructive to nature. Pushing over a boulder is offensive, but not "destroying nature". This "Queen's Head" is far more appealing than other hoodoo's I've seen. |
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