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08-24-2007, 09:14 AM
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| Council Member   Join Date: May 2007 Location: Wyoming
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 |  September Dawn Mormon massacre movie What do you guys think about the new movie, "September Dawn" -- regarding the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre in the Utah Territory? Has anybody seen it yet? The film's director swears his research is sound, but I've seen/read information from several qualified historians who think he, at the very least, has greatly exaggerated Brigham Young's knowlege of/involvement in the events that led to a Mormon militia killing dozens of people. The film's contention seems to be the massacre was more or less ordered and sanctioned by Young and the leadership of the Mormon Church -- but many historans seem to think that's not true -- an the massacre was more the result of misunderstandings and rouge elements acting on their own. Anyway, was just wondering what thoughts you might have on this. If at first you don’t succeed – try, try again and then quit. There’s no sense in making a damned fool of yourself. – W.C. Fields Last edited by mytmouse57; 08-24-2007 at 10:57 AM. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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08-24-2007, 02:48 PM
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| Partisan   Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Haven, CT
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 | I was very interested in seeing it - until I read this in the Village Voice Quote:
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08-24-2007, 02:58 PM
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| Well, I know the trailer ads I saw for it online are pretty cheesy... ... with the narrator saying something like, "The true secrets of this tragic event have been covered.. (da..da.. DUM!!!) until now!" Yeah... like qualified historians and scholars who have been taking this event apart from every angle and laboring over the details for 150 years somehow missed something that an obscure film director was boldly able to uncover.. just in time to make this movie!!! That part cracked me up. If at first you don’t succeed – try, try again and then quit. There’s no sense in making a damned fool of yourself. – W.C. Fields | |||||||||||||||||||||
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08-24-2007, 03:50 PM
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Our Task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures, the whole of nature, and its beauty. Albert Einstein Hans Küng: "There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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08-24-2007, 04:32 PM
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Hmmmm... you have a good point there. If at first you don’t succeed – try, try again and then quit. There’s no sense in making a damned fool of yourself. – W.C. Fields | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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08-24-2007, 04:35 PM
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| I'm with Tristan on this one. I'm a real hog for history movies.. but the apparent quality of this one might call for waiting until the DVD comes out... If at first you don’t succeed – try, try again and then quit. There’s no sense in making a damned fool of yourself. – W.C. Fields | |||||||||||||||||||||
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