Newest Deseret News Reporter: Junior Peterson

[_Eric]

Well, Eric "I'm an awesome writer," I think you would want to use the adverb form of stupid, since you are describing "talk" which is a verb.

Are you serious?! LOL!

You can at least try to pretend like you aren't butt-hurt over not being able to spell an intricate word like 'whose' properly. This is basic English, sir. Did you not study contractions in your Master's program?

Who's address is that, and are you breaking board rules by posting it?

Who's vs Whose

Just remember, Simon. Who's = Who is.

[_Eric]

Given the massive cutbacks at the Deseret News and the byline "For the Deseret News," I would bet money that they are freelancing their movie reviews. I think it's premature to say that he's landed a job.

Yeah, the writing is mediocre, but then most movie reviewers are not known for crisp writing.

There's one more:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7053 ... s-Eve.html

Not a movie review. I agree, though, saying he landed the job was tongue-in-cheek on my part.

[_Simon Belmont]

Are you serious?! LOL!

You can at least try to pretend like you aren't butt-hurt over not being able to spell an intricate word like 'whose' properly. This is basic English, sir. Did you not study contractions in your Master's program?

I try not to use them. The fact that you point out a minor spelling mistake instead of address what I am actually saying is very telling of your motives.

Just thought I would give you a taste of your own medicine.

By the way, if you think the LDS Church is a "cult" that leaves open a plethora of other organizations to fall into that category. Are you sure you're comfortable with that?

[_Runtu]

There's one more:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7053 ... s-Eve.html

Not a movie review. I agree, though, saying he landed the job was tongue-in-cheek on my part.

OK, I take it back. That second article is really poorly written. Take the first sentence:

"While reading a list of all the modern Christmas traditions that were either borrowed from pagan winter festivals or invented by the English during the mid-19th century, it's remarkable to see how little Christmas has changed over the past 160 years."

While reading ... , it's remarkable ...

A grammatical mistake a high school student would make.

The rest of the article is mostly passive, alternating between incredibly long compound nouns and compelling subjects such as "People" and "It."

[_Eric]

I try not to use them.

LOL.

The fact that you point out a minor spelling mistake instead of address what I am actually saying is very telling of your motives.

Oh reeeeeally.... Darn. I was hoping to keep those motives secrets until the eve of the apocalypse.

The fact that you try to pass yourself off as an educated person (an MA in Philosophy, really!?) and can't tell the difference between 'who's and whose' is very telling. The fact that you claim to be an expert on Joseph Smith Jr. and yet you cite the ironically named FAIRWiki as a primary source is very telling.

Just thought I would give you a taste of your own medicine.

Well, you failed at this too, like most things in life, I imagine. I didn't author the text on the picture of Dr. House. You authored the English miscarriage "Who's address is that."

Durrrrrrr.

By the way, if you think the LDS Church is a "cult" that leaves open a plethora of other organizations to fall into that category.

We already went through this, in another thread, wherein I first learned that you are a foil and full of beans.

The Mormon Church is a cult, Simon "Nothing is proven. Go ahead, try to prove something -- anything. I dare you." Belmont. Sorry.

Didn't you see how polled Americans responded to the PEW research center? Seems like a lot more people than just 'critics' consider Mormonism to be a cult.

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/648/romney-mormon

When asked to describe their impression of the Mormon religion in a single word, somewhat more (27%) offer a negative word than a positive one (23%); 19% give a neutral descriptor. The most common negative word expressed is "polygamy," including "bigamy" or some other reference to plural marriage (75 total responses), followed by "cult" (57 total mentions).

[_MsJack]

Is there some reason that we should give a damn what Dan Peterson's kids are doing?

[_Eric]

Is there some reason that we should give a damn what Dan Peterson's kids are doing?

I don't pretend to speak for everyone, but personally, I don't give a damn if you give a damn.

:)

[_MsJack]

I don't pretend to speak for everyone, but personally, I don't give a damn if you give a damn.

Fine by me, but that's not really what I'm asking. You obviously give a damn about Jeffrey Peterson, and I'm wondering why, because I've never heard of him. It doesn't look like he's ever written anything for FARMS or FAIR or any branch of Mormon studies at all, and the fact that he writes pedestrian movie reviews for a church-owned newspaper doesn't strike me as particularly noteworthy.

Is there something I'm missing here, or are you really only interested in this man because of who he's related to?

[_Runtu]

Fine by me, but that's not really what I'm asking. You obviously give a damn about Jeffrey Peterson, and I'm wondering why, because I've never heard of him. It doesn't look like he's ever written anything for FARMS or FAIR or any branch of Mormon studies at all, and the fact that he writes pedestrian movie reviews for a church-owned newspaper doesn't strike me as particularly noteworthy.

Is there something I'm missing here, or are you really only interested in this man because of who he's related to?

No, you're not missing anything here. I find it hard to get exercised about someone who apparently is doing a little freelance writing for the church. Nobody really expects good writing from the DesNews, do they? Jerry Johnston still works there, I believe.

[_Eric]

Fine by me, but that's not really what I'm asking. You obviously give a damn about Jeffrey Peterson, and I'm wondering why, because I've never heard of him. It doesn't look like he's ever written anything for FARMS or FAIR or any branch of Mormon studies at all, and the fact that he writes pedestrian movie reviews for a church-owned newspaper doesn't strike me as particularly noteworthy.

Well, I don't think anyone expects you to post on topics that don't interest you. I certainly don't. I don't understand what you mean by "give a damn". I mean, do I have to be fascinated by Dan's son Jeff to post something about him? Riveted by his every action? Should I have made a Wikipedia entry first? I don't understand.

Do I "give a damn" about Jeffrey Peterson? No, not at all. I don't give all that much of a damn about Mormonism either. So what? I'm really trying to understand the purpose of your griping on this thread. It puzzles me when people go out of their way to tell you they don't care about something. Kind of suspect...