It probably shouldn't bug me, because he was a kid, and we all did stupid things as a kid. This kind of thing shows a person's character, and I really hope he has changed.
But it is the story involving John Lauber, described as “a soft-spoken new student one year behind Romney … walking around the all-boys school with bleached-blond hair that draped over one eye” that may cause problems for the former governor. After Romney rounded up some friends, including Matthew Friedmann, who gave his version of the story to the Post, “they came upon Lauber, tackled him and pinned him to the ground. As Lauber, his eyes filling with tears, screamed for help, Romney repeatedly clipped his hair with a pair of scissors.”
"We have taken up arms in defense of our liberty, our property, our wives, and our children; we are determined to preserve them, or die." - Captain Moroni - 'Address to the Inhabitants of Canada' 1775
I'm pretty sure he has changed since then. There is a guy in my parents stake that is good friends with Mitt. They were mission companions with each other and have kept in contact ever since. From his perspective he thinks Mitt is a real nice guy.
I knew someone else that was related to him. She had nothing but good things to say about him as well.
Anybody else here know him personally or through friends?
DarkHelmet wrote:It probably shouldn't bug me, because he was a kid, and we all did stupid things as a kid. This kind of thing shows a person's character, and I really hope he has changed.
This story really bothered me, too. Mitt's claim that he was simply a "prankster" does not excuse this extreme form of cruelty, in my opinion. He comes across as a real bully toward those considered "weak." I'm sure he's changed with age (haven't we all?), but this story gives a real view into the core of his character, and it ain't pretty ....
"Moving beyond apologist persuasion, LDS polemicists furiously (and often fraudulently) attack any non-traditional view of Mormonism. They don't mince words -- they mince the truth."
-- Mike Quinn, writing of the FARMSboys, in "Early Mormonism and the Magic World View," p. x (Rev. ed. 1998)
He put a dog in a pet carrier and drove for 12 hrs in 1984, 19 years after this story happened. I think he evolved from homophobic bully to heartless towards animals. Later he'd go onto a fine career in vulture capitalism. What a swell guy.
Oh in 1981 he launched his boat after he knew he was breaking the law when warned by an officer. His defense was that his kids wanted to go boating. Willful disobedience of a police officer Mitt?
Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07
MASH quotes I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it. I avoid church religiously. This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.
My former mission president was in his stake. He relates that Mitt was nearby the house of one of the families that he (Mitt) home taught. Well, the house had caught on fire and the fire department hadn't arrived yet. Mitt ran into the house, going from room to room (as much as possible) to be sure that all the occupants were either absent or had exited the house, then ran downstairs and saved a family heirloom before finally running out of the burning house himself.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
Dr. Shades wrote:My former mission president was in his stake. He relates that Mitt was nearby the house of one of the families that he (Mitt) home taught. Well, the house had caught on fire and the fire department hadn't arrived yet. Mitt ran into the house, going from room to room (as much as possible) to be sure that all the occupants were either absent or had exited the house, then ran downstairs and saved a family heirloom before finally running out of the burning house himself.
For real? Because I just googled it and am pretty sure this story would have popped up.
Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07
MASH quotes I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it. I avoid church religiously. This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.
Dr. Shades wrote:My former mission president was in his stake. He relates that Mitt was nearby the house of one of the families that he (Mitt) home taught. Well, the house had caught on fire and the fire department hadn't arrived yet. Mitt ran into the house, going from room to room (as much as possible) to be sure that all the occupants were either absent or had exited the house, then ran downstairs and saved a family heirloom before finally running out of the burning house himself.
For real? Because I just googled it and am pretty sure this story would have popped up.
Silly, Mitt's too modest to tell a story like that about himself and nobody from that ward wanted to toot his horn, either.
~Those who benefit from the status quo always attribute inequities to the choices of the underdog.~Ann Crittenden ~The Goddess is not separate from the world-She is the world and all things in it.~
just me wrote:Silly, Mitt's too modest to tell a story like that about himself and nobody from that ward wanted to toot his horn, either.
Mormons are by their very nature modest. Being part of the One True Church allows them to be that way.
Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07
MASH quotes I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it. I avoid church religiously. This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.