The weirdest damn thing is they take the metaphor really seriously They have dress uniforms and ranks and shit A member of the Salvation Army "enlists" to become a "soldier", an non-ordained employee is a "sergeant"/NCO, ordination is a "commission" and makes you an "officer"https://twitter.com/Delafina777/status/1327877024619237376 …
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When The Goodies parodied Scouts, they also parodied the Salvationers, having the Scouts hunted by the Salvation Navy and the Salvation Air Force. Makes a lot of sense in hindsight
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They weren't child soldiers, the idea was that scouts would "correct" the loss of wilderness skills happening because of industrialization, creating a population that could be drafted into service with the skills military scouts would need. They avoided a lot of actual...1/2
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2/2..."military" skills and training so as not to step on the toes of the older Cadet establishment. Or at least that's how it went down in the British Empire/Commonwealth.
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