In yet another bout of journalistic intolerance and polemic pulchritude, the Oregon Daily Emerald has really outshone itself today. On the ever imbecilic editorial page the author spouted her plagiairized ideas. Should we expect less of the emerald? NO! Drawing heavily on John Krakauer's "Under the Banner of Heaven", his anti-religious soapbox, she asserts that "Joseph Smith could certainly be termed mentally ill for his belief in this personal connection with God, " Nice. For a publication that spends inordinate amounts of space extolling the need for tolerance and diversity, this statement demonstrates how truly at odds the writers of the Emerald are with their espoused values. Fortunatly, having served a two year mission, I know that regardless of what some pea-brained bigot with a newspaper column may have to say, the work with go forth unimpeded. Thank you Emerald for perking both my day and my ire!
for those of you who wish to read her tripe and the poorly concieved arguments couched therein can go to:
http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/03/13/4415342949518
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