What reputation?

A quinquagenarian lady in charge of Beavers almost died and had to be taken to hospital after a her fruit cocktail drink was spiked by a typically vicious product of the modern Scout movement mischievous teenage Scout leader.

It's chilling to think that Beavers are now being taken on camp. Presumably it won't be much longer before the entire movement in this country is composed mainly of pre-schoolers and toddlers - like pets dressed up in strange costumes by their owners.

But what's rather more depressing is the way this poor woman was subsequently treated by the Scout Association.

[W]hen the mother-of-two from Norbury, south London told a local newspaper about her ordeal she was sacked by the Scout Association.

In a letter from the association's district commissioner Chris Williams, Mrs Setohy was told: "I am disappointed that you chose to bring this matter to the attention of the media and in so doing tarnished the reputation of the Scout Association. I have had no option but to withdraw your appointment."

"Tarnished the reputation of the Scout Association"? What reputation?