On Saturday afternoon, my 7 year old and I went shopping at one of the military commissaries. At the entrance, there were a bunch of DAV people handing out "poppies"(tiny red silk flowers). Among the group were a couple of teenaged Boy Scouts and a middle aged scout leader.
As we were walking into the commissary, I politely declined the poppy, and my son was about a half step behind me. I was in a hurry as I had to get to work among other things going on. I glanced over to check on my son, and saw him frozen with a look of horror on his face. The Scout Leader had his arm around my son's neck, and was wrapping his other arm around my son saying something stupid like "look at this young fellow, I'll bet he wants one". Before he could finish his hideous perverted laugh or speak any more words, I went ballistic and told him to let my boy go in some very direct and explicit terms. Once I secured my boy behind me, I told the guy off, telling him how stupid it was to touch another person's child without permission, much less the violation of several Boy Scout policies. I proceeded to talk with the store manager, who informed me that he wouldn't be able to tell them to leave, however the pervert took off before the store manager arrived.
I have since written to the Boy Scout Headquarters informing them of the pervert that they have representing them. My son had a couple of nightmares on Saturday night, and another one again last night. Had the pervert refused to let go of my son, he would have gotten a serious butt whipping.
I'm appalled at how some folks simply don't think before doing something so incredibly stupid, especially with the required BSA "Youth Protection" training and several policies in place against the practice of randomly grabbing children.
As we were walking into the commissary, I politely declined the poppy, and my son was about a half step behind me. I was in a hurry as I had to get to work among other things going on. I glanced over to check on my son, and saw him frozen with a look of horror on his face. The Scout Leader had his arm around my son's neck, and was wrapping his other arm around my son saying something stupid like "look at this young fellow, I'll bet he wants one". Before he could finish his hideous perverted laugh or speak any more words, I went ballistic and told him to let my boy go in some very direct and explicit terms. Once I secured my boy behind me, I told the guy off, telling him how stupid it was to touch another person's child without permission, much less the violation of several Boy Scout policies. I proceeded to talk with the store manager, who informed me that he wouldn't be able to tell them to leave, however the pervert took off before the store manager arrived.
I have since written to the Boy Scout Headquarters informing them of the pervert that they have representing them. My son had a couple of nightmares on Saturday night, and another one again last night. Had the pervert refused to let go of my son, he would have gotten a serious butt whipping.
I'm appalled at how some folks simply don't think before doing something so incredibly stupid, especially with the required BSA "Youth Protection" training and several policies in place against the practice of randomly grabbing children.
