Carving Ice with hand chisel
14
No More Required
One thing I learned when I was 8-years-old,
There is nothing, nothing, so wonderful,
Or beautiful, that it escapes awful
Laughing crowds and certain destruction. Pulled,
Smashed, torn apart, my carefully shoveled
Snow hut lay in ruins six times at school
Before my eyes were opened to the playful
Mob which tore it to pieces. I'd been lulled
Into a foolish expectation that
What I'd built on the playground was through when
Left on the playground, and would stand intact.
So, I was not ready for the rat pack's
Hooting dance of joy over the ruins.
Shall I create now when they can come at?
Mormonspeak for non-menbers: "Utah Mormons" are paranoid. For good reason. Many are descended from 1830 group that were harassed out of their homes NY. 1837 Burned out of OH had Exterminating Order issued against them by Gov. of MO, 1845 burned out of IL 1846, 1857 (declared in rebellion by US Congressman furious Brigham Young refused to sign a 50% of everything you develop is mine 1846 contract guarenteed to keep the US army off your back). 1857 army sent by US govt. while Mormons living 800 miles away from any neighbors, Women disenfranchised 1870's ballot box and statehood denied, 1865-80's polygamy battles property seized again,...1990 protesters shouting 'sluts' at bridal parties* as they came out of Temple Square *, 2000 Temple Plaza not seized in exchange for large extortion payment because anit-Mormon protests were not allowed private property access. 2010.... etc.
Mormons are not allowed to fight back.
If you do not want to join The Church, but do want to make friends, date, or with extreme cases have your kids play with a reluctant UT Mormon you must tell them you mean no harm a few times before they will believe you. It is far more common for a non-member to be insulted by the outsider-be-wary-doesn't-have-our-standards attitude than make several attempts to bridge it. The attitude may be light or very deep. But every time a UT Mormon sees how happy a non-member is over bad news for the Church , or a ''S.L. UT'' T-shirt they will circle the wagons tighter.
.
*practice ended only after Salt Lake non-Mormon Church pastors, bishops, and priests condemned it as ''going too far''.
Carving Ice with hand chisel
14
No More Required
One thing I learned when I was 8-years-old,
There is nothing, nothing, so wonderful,
Or beautiful, that it escapes awful
Laughing crowds and certain destruction. Pulled,
Smashed, torn apart, my carefully shoveled
Snow hut lay in ruins six times at school
Before my eyes were opened to the playful
Mob which tore it to pieces. I'd been lulled
Into a foolish expectation that
What I'd built on the playground was through when
Left on the playground, and would stand intact.
So, I was not ready for the rat pack's
Hooting dance of joy over the ruins.
Shall I create now when they can come at?
Mormonspeak for non-menbers: "Utah Mormons" are paranoid. For good reason. Many are descended from 1830 group that were harassed out of their homes NY. 1837 Burned out of OH had Exterminating Order issued against them by Gov. of MO, 1845 burned out of IL 1846, 1857 (declared in rebellion by US Congressman furious Brigham Young refused to sign a 50% of everything you develop is mine 1846 contract guarenteed to keep the US army off your back). 1857 army sent by US govt. while Mormons living 800 miles away from any neighbors, Women disenfranchised 1870's ballot box and statehood denied, 1865-80's polygamy battles property seized again,...1990 protesters shouting 'sluts' at bridal parties* as they came out of Temple Square *, 2000 Temple Plaza not seized in exchange for large extortion payment because anit-Mormon protests were not allowed private property access. 2010.... etc.
Mormons are not allowed to fight back.
If you do not want to join The Church, but do want to make friends, date, or with extreme cases have your kids play with a reluctant UT Mormon you must tell them you mean no harm a few times before they will believe you. It is far more common for a non-member to be insulted by the outsider-be-wary-doesn't-have-our-standards attitude than make several attempts to bridge it. The attitude may be light or very deep. But every time a UT Mormon sees how happy a non-member is over bad news for the Church , or a ''S.L. UT'' T-shirt they will circle the wagons tighter.
.
*practice ended only after Salt Lake non-Mormon Church pastors, bishops, and priests condemned it as ''going too far''.