tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230245579458786956.post7197099802029333785..comments2022-11-19T02:21:40.864-09:00Comments on The Latter-day Snark: Stand up, all victims of oppression!David Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881388186547426677noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230245579458786956.post-84357683552526348262008-08-20T18:16:00.000-08:002008-08-20T18:16:00.000-08:00If it was just a rent coat, I could see him nailin...If it was just a rent coat, I could see him nailing it to a door and calling it a manifesto...<BR/><BR/>On further inspection, there's some pesky stuff in there about it being on the end of a pole (46:13), being "hoisted on every tower" and being "planted" (46:36 and 51:20).<BR/><BR/>Unless "tower" is code for "door", I've gotta think that manifestos get really hard to read when you hoist them like that.<BR/><BR/>Conceptually? You bet it was a counter-revolutionary manifesto. You can still use this in your lesson next Sunday. <BR/><BR/>I might.<BR/><BR/>Viva Moroni!!Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707283006676207522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230245579458786956.post-3298363240816856632008-08-20T06:13:00.000-08:002008-08-20T06:13:00.000-08:00Ah—good point.So what we learn from this is that C...Ah—good point.<BR/><BR/>So what we learn from this is that Captain Moroni wasn’t a revolutionary, he was a *counter*revolutionary!<BR/><BR/>(Still doesn't make his manifesto a flag, though.) :-)David Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881388186547426677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230245579458786956.post-76172479785417468462008-08-19T19:05:00.000-08:002008-08-19T19:05:00.000-08:00Um, actually wasn't Moroni's title of liberty a ca...Um, actually wasn't Moroni's title of liberty a call to conserve the liberty and freedoms that they already had. He wanted to prevent a king from taking over the system of judges that was in place. <BR/><BR/>He wanted to put down all the dissensions that threatened their system of liberty.<BR/><BR/>Just sayin'. <BR/><BR/>(I try to learn from the best of commenters)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01162160848031566770noreply@blogger.com