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gulliver

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20. It was their mistake, and they were unjust in dissing the Girl Scouts
Sat Mar 2, 2024, 02:15 PM
Mar 2024

The Girl Scouts is a great organization, and this article does an injustice to them. You can't just put on a Girl Scout uniform and go out and sell something and give the money to whoever you feel like giving it to. The article makes clear that the organization has a process that needs to be followed. It's common sense. The parents of these girls and their troop leader simply made a mistake.

But the bigger mistake, by far, that they made was not owning up to the first mistake and admitting they were the ones in the wrong. They tried to make the Girl Scouts look bad. Those parents and their daughters owe the Girl Scouts an apology. It should be issued and added to the article as a note at the top.

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This is a sad commentary on the fallout from that terrible war. brush Mar 2024 #1
The number of Ukrainian deaths and the number of documented Ukrainian deaths Crunchy Frog Mar 2024 #3
The numbers are the numbers. The huge death toll in Gaza is just outrageous... brush Mar 2024 #5
The death toll in Gaza is outrageous. The death toll in Mariupol and Crunchy Frog Mar 2024 #7
With those numbers, Israel is making Russia look "less bad".... DemocraticPatriot Mar 2024 #4
Fixed that for you... pinkstarburst Mar 2024 #8
there is more to that story Celerity Mar 2024 #13
It's both. They're both killing innocents ecstatic Mar 2024 #14
You've stripped away all context Mosby Mar 2024 #23
It seems like the issue is that they didn't notify council xmas74 Mar 2024 #2
If they sold cookies with "Israel" on it, would that be okay? Earth-shine Mar 2024 #6
Maybe they should just sell the cookies sans political statements. harumph Mar 2024 #9
It was a fundraiser specifically for the children of Gaza. I don't think the girls were thinking about politics. Earth-shine Mar 2024 #10
They didn't contact council with details before starting. xmas74 Mar 2024 #17
The purpose of Girl Scout Cookie sales is to teach some lessons on running a business.... brooklynite Mar 2024 #11
We Are Girl Scouts limbicnuminousity Mar 2024 #12
yes, apparently, these Girl Scouts were worrying about the "wrong" dead children. riversedge Mar 2024 #16
If you read the article Mossfern Mar 2024 #21
That explains limbicnuminousity Mar 2024 #22
"..members of former Girl Scouts Troop 149 have sold more than 2,000 friendship bracelets$10,000 in donations......... riversedge Mar 2024 #15
It's hard for me to imagine people opposing fundraisers for suffering children. SYFROYH Mar 2024 #18
There is no opposition to fundraising for starving children in the Girl Scout's decision Mossfern Mar 2024 #19
It was their mistake, and they were unjust in dissing the Girl Scouts gulliver Mar 2024 #20
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