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Re: Utah as a Religious Police State

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Sun Sep 29 18:24:43 1996

To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 96 17:54:09 EDT
In-Reply-To: <9609291929.AA04064@notesgw2.sybase.com>

Ryan Russell/SYBASE writes:
> I guess that depends on your definition of liberty.  The Mormons
> originally moved there to have a place to practice their religion,
> and have freedom from persecution.  I suppose one could extend that
> to wanting a place to have the freedom to have a set of rules consistant
> with their beliefs.  Should that include freedom from interferance from
> folks such as yourself who want to change their rules, even though
> you're not presently effected?

It's worth noting that one of Utah mormons favorite pastimes was to ambush
the settlers heading for California, kill them all, and take their property.
However the mormons were dealt with much less severely than the local Indians
who tried the same tricks. Pity.

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