President Monson has passed away.

[cowboy]

I didn't particularly care for his speaking style, but I think he was a great man, and I'll miss him.

[cougjunkie]

NYT getting blasted by a lot of national media. No surprise that Funk thought it was a great article.

[Sleeping in EQ]

NYT getting blasted by a lot of national media. No surprise that Funk thought it was a great article.

Links?

[falafel]

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[cougjunkie]

Links?

I can't teach an old guy how to use twitter.

[MartyFunkhouser]

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That tale appears to be the same tale.

Name of person. Role of person. A group the person opposed. The age the person died.

[All-American]

That tale appears to be the same tale.

Name of person. Role of person. A group the person opposed. The age the person died.

I'm interested to know whether you place Fidel Castro on the same moral plane as President Monson.

[MartyFunkhouser]

I'm interested to know whether you place Fidel Castro on the same moral plane as President Monson.

I do not place them on the same moral plane at all. Castro was obviously a much worse human being.

[creekster]

That tale appears to be the same tale.

Name of person. Role of person. A group the person opposed. The age the person died.

You dont see the difference? Castro's is like "Attaboy!" and TSM's is like "what a loser!"

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

The two headlines together of Castro and Monson, def comes across as bad form by the NYT. I honestly thought the article itself was a nice write up. The NYT is left of center and is opposed to anything that is perceived as anti-gay or anti-progressive, they didn't take any shots at Monson, just stated that he didn't back down from attempts from people to pressure him. It read as Monson being a man who stood for what he believed in, despite those beliefs becoming less popular socially.

[creekster]

The two headlines together of Castro and Monson, def comes across as bad form by the NYT. I honestly thought the article itself was a nice write up. The NYT is left of center and is opposed to anything that is perceived as anti-gay or anti-progressive, they didn't take any shots at Monson, just stated that he didn't back down from attempts from people to pressure him. It read as Monson being a man who stood for what he believed in, despite those beliefs becoming less popular socially.

Thats how you read it; that's not how the primary part of its left of center following would read it. Just ask our old buddy SU what it meant.

[All-American]

I do not place them on the same moral plane at all. Castro was obviously a much worse human being.

There's hope for you yet.

[wuapinmon]

Just ask our old buddy SU what it meant.

Subtext, man. Subtext.

[Topper]

The two headlines together of Castro and Monson, def comes across as bad form by the NYT. I honestly thought the article itself was a nice write up. The NYT is left of center and is opposed to anything that is perceived as anti-gay or anti-progressive, they didn't take any shots at Monson, just stated that he didn't back down from attempts from people to pressure him. It read as Monson being a man who stood for what he believed in, despite those beliefs becoming less popular socially.

That was certainly a very generous spin to that article. I wouldn't characterize the article as positive of Monson because of the emphasis on LBGQT issues. Monson's presidential legacy is directly tied to Prop 8 and the exclusion of gay parent's children from baptism. To outsiders, not exactly a positive image.

[wuapinmon]

Elder Bednar is almost assuredly going to lead the church some day.

Seems like IndyCoug did some actuarial work on predicting that and, indeed, the stats say it will be a long tenure, si Dios quiere.