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pinto (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 6 Ntwarante 2005 14:55:52

I am in Boy Scouts of America.  I thought it strange that there aren't many refrences to any type of language.  There isn't much about language learning anywhere!  This makes finding esperanto all the more harder, because only international groups exist, and official boy scout pages make now refrences to them.

Why?!?

Machjo (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 24 Rusama 2005 06:27:25

http://ttt.esperanto.org/skolta/

 

I don't know if this link might help.  Well, anyway, good luck.

lapoetisto (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 27 Rusama 2005 15:36:05

I'm scout of SEL http://esperanto.org/skolta. I was in the Pan American Scout jamboree in Argentina.

I has a stand about esperanto for scouts. If you want to work with us, go to groups.yahoo.com/group/skolta-esperanto-ligo

bay bay!!

 

Erick (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 25 Ruheshi 2005 01:16:58

I'm new to Esperanto and an Eagle Scout.  Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the scouting movement, promoted Esperanto as a 'secret language' for Scouts.  In the Boy Scout manual, Esperanto is the example sited for the Translator award.  Scouting's world-wide reach and the brotherhood of its members across cultures made this a logical connection.  The Skolto Esperanto Ligo has existed since 1918; web site is http://www.nrg.to/sel/

 

 

misaltas (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Nyandagaro 2005 04:09:17

boy-o, your comments are are divisive as they are incorrect.

-English is not the "official" language of the USA.

-The BSA, while a patriotic organization, promotes peace, civic duty, and cultural awareness.

-Interpreter strips can be earned by scouts to display to others which languages are spoken by that scout.  Helpful during jamborees.  This program is actively encouraged by BSA.

To make assumptions about what you think, but don't know about the BSA, and draw a conclusion about what they do and don't do is fairly ignorant.  If you don't know something, better to remain silent than to pass your guesses off as helpful answers.

Esperanto is supposed to be a language to promote peace.  To give people a politically neutral way to share ideas.  Doesn't help when those in its own community essentially accuse others of xenophobia based only on assumptions.

eosp (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 18 Nyandagaro 2005 19:34:39

Rabe (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 14 Gitugutu 2005 20:16:46

Hello Pinto, Hello Guides and Scouts,

remember this weekend is JOTI!

On the IRC-Server of scoutlink.net is even a channel for esperanto. Great chance to practice your esperanto and meeting other guides and scouts from all over the world.

More info at www.joti.org and www.scoutlink.net .

See you there!

Rabe

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