Professor Claims Anti LDS Bias at School

ABC 4 ^ | 2/6/2004

[xJones]

The Quinn dispute also highlights an ongoing dilemma for Utah's public colleges and universities: how to promote free inquiry and academic freedom without disparaging or advocating the LDS church, which is uniquely tied to Utah history.

That is a problem in Utah. Both national senators have always been Mormons, and so have the Representatives. In Utah, it's the easiest way to go. Try moving into small town Utah and see how fast your Jewish tail is proselyted.

[stands2reason]

bump

[thoughtomator]

Hell, I'm in New York and the Utahn Mormons still try to prosletyze me... over FR no less.

[festus]

He should move to a California college.

I hear they are really pro LSD...........

Sorry i just could not resist.

[NYCVirago]

Your tagline is very misleading, at best. Bush's comment about "What do I know? I'm just the President" was NOT about the halftime show, but in a pre-game interview about who would win the game.

[explodingspleen]

Nice people, but an absolutely whacked-out basis for a religion.

Do be mindful that you post in the presence of Mormon freepers. I know you don't mean ill, but there are more elegant ways of saying "whacked-out". Just for your consideration. . . :)

[krb]

Did you even read the article?

[thoughtomator]

I seem to remember it being on at halftime, before the notorious performance... though given my blood alcohol content that day, I may be in error on that. There is no inference that the statement was about the halftime show.

That quote ranks with the wittiest things I've ever heard out of an public official... a broad swipe at those who call him a numbskull or similar disparagements about his intellect, done in good humor.

[NYCVirago]

Thanks for the explanation, and please accept my apologies for misinterpreting what you wrote. I think it's a pretty funny comment too (and besides, W is a baseball fan, anyway!) I do think he said it before the game though, simply because he later said he was asleep by halftime, and missed the whole show.

[xJones]

I know you don't mean ill, but there are more elegant ways of saying "whacked-out". Just for your consideration. . . :)

9 posted on 02/07/2004 5:38:54 PM CST by explodingspleen

Somebody named 'explodingspleen' is worrying about elegance?:)

[Admin Moderator]

Let's not use this thread as a means to bash a religion

[explodingspleen]

Somebody named 'explodingspleen' is worrying about elegance?:)

Well, not in general, but there is a great preponderance of Mormons at my school who tend to be conservatives (for the most part, the only conservatives) who I would, as opportunities permit, direct to this site, and so I stake an interest in keeping things friendly.

Besides, is there not something pristine and inspiring about the thought of a spleen spontaneously rupturing in a great fountain of bodily fluids?

[xJones]

Besides, is there not something pristine and inspiring about the thought of a spleen spontaneously rupturing in a great fountain of bodily fluids?

Please, never submit a tape to "America's Funniest Home Videos".:)

[glorgau]

Cult alert!!!!

Unhhhh, could it be because "Mormon history" is a farce? Nahhhhh, couldn't be that.

[explodingspleen]

How about messed up, delusional, pre/post psychotic?

It depends on the context. :p

[Nick Danger]

D. Michael Quinn, a Yale-educated author and excommunicated Mormon

I'm sorry, but I have no sympathy for a guy who gets excommunicated by the Mormon Church and then applies for a job at the University of Utah. He did that just to poke them in the eyes.

I know they don't teach common sense at Yale, but the guy is supposed to have that by the time he gets there. You don't tug on Superman's cape. You don't spit into the wind. You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger and you don't piss off the Mormons to the point that they excommunicate you, and then expect to be welcome in Utah.

Sane people are just supposed to know these things.