Side salad, you are correct and many (most?) of us had our first exposure to aviation within the cadet organisations. On the Flyer Forum there are some glorious pictures of bungee launched Grasshoppers, complete with no-helmet-black-necktie cadet pilots.
To me, the focus shouldn't be on a public lynching, it should be on fixing the problem such that CGB's offspring have the best opportunity to have the same aviation fun.
Venture Adventure.