They are fast, they are hard to detect even without cloaks, they can 1 hit or 1 shot just about anything, and they are hard to hit.

Ok so maybe they can get a few rounds of a shotgun in ur back but by the time the first shot hits you, it's a 75% chance your going down.

With RE's, Kin Kats, Damp's, and Strafe, the scout is considered a frontline assault.

My opinion is that scouts need to be more like scouts. Instead of 2 weapon slots they should just have a sidearm slot for knives, or smg, or pistols.
They should also have 1 equipment slot to better their roll in the game. Min scouts have hacking bonus so use a cloak, gal scouts are hardest to detect and can be very fast with kin kats so they can place links. Cal scout see everything and are best for intel so why not a scanner. Amarr scouts idk what they are special for but im sure they can be used for something. Meat shield can be an oprion.

I believe this will try to force them to pick their battles instead of going in head first with guns pointed at them throwing RE's and killing 6 people in one shot. (Side note: if you throw an RE and die before detonating the RE then the RE should not be able to blow up because the source of the threat was eliminated regardless of respawn.)
Scouts before abusing the RE's and using cloak were deadly because they were hard to detect. The shotgun was their best friend and if you sniped the knives were in your back if you were not paying attention.

Maybe no one cares and thats probably why its unbalanced. Why ruin a good thing right?

So Minmatar get to keep there main weapon(Nova Knives) but Gallente lose the shotgun?

Yeah, no.

Scout - a person(s) or equipment (drone, airplane, robotic camera, ect.) used to collect information, usually without being seen or detected.

Assault - a sudden, violent attack.

Which definition better fits scouts in the current meta?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scout
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/assault

Dictionary.coms definition, not mine

You also take the hardest scout to use and lump it in with the rest of the others. I have used every scout but the amarr and the min is completely different from the cal/gal, which are fairly easy-mode IMO..