A Conversation for Chapter 13: Wars and Rumours of Wars
Armed Mormons!
FWR Started conversation Nov 13, 2020
Donny Osmond with a kalashnikov doesn't bear thinking about!.... But I am!! 
Armed Mormons!
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 13, 2020
Researching this led me to the frustration of trying to find a neutral source on the Mormon Wars. Not possible, I'm afraid - though I did find a tell-all book by Brigham Young's 19th wife...
Armed Mormons!
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Nov 13, 2020
The Mormons were not regarded too fondly in "Riders of the purple sage" (by Zane Grey) either. But what could anyone do? The Mormons moved to Utah, which no one else particularly wanted to live in, and kept to themselves. They have good life expectancy, are self-sufficient, and inspired a witty musical. 
But maybe the Indians and Catholics were also not loved in Brookville?
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 13, 2020
I will have more about the Indians and Catholics later. Basically, relations were peaceful.
As to the Mormons, things got really serious. Have you ever heard of the Mountain Meadows massacre?
Here's a once-over-lightly from NPR on the events of September 11 - 1857:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94509868
Armed Mormons!
minorvogonpoet Posted Nov 13, 2020
'Their Constitutional rights to organised idiocy' sounds about right! 
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Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted Nov 13, 2020
Wonder what is more dangerous, armed Mormons or armed morons? (if there is any difference whatsoever)
Armed Mormons!
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 13, 2020
Anybody convinced that their being 'right' justifies violence of any kind is a hazard to shipping, in my opinion.
Later on in the book, we will meet some people with strange notions of their own who are their own worst enemies. You can guess what state they come from....
There's a reason for the Pennsylvania schoolkid joke, 'The population of New York is very dense.' 
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