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JDPriestly

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19. I was looking at their lifestyles and hearing the information that
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 01:40 AM
Oct 2012

meant that the Mormon colony separates itself from the community around it. Appears to me that the Mormon community is transplanted America.

What I saw was an arrogant lifestyle. I have lived in foreign countries. You want to be a part of the country you are living in. You want to give to it and improve. It did not appear to me that the community portrayed in that video was giving to or improving the community in which they were living.

I was disgusted. I would not want anyone in my community living like that around me.

The crime in that part of Mexico is terrible. And it seemed to me that the group in the Mormon community was adding to the violence and seeking special protection. It's not a life worthy of human beings.

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interesting. thanks for posting. bbgrunt Sep 2012 #1
Very informative, thanks! (K&R) Xipe Totec Sep 2012 #2
Ugh! What a bunch! JDPriestly Sep 2012 #3
Yeah, ugh, Mexicans bigoted about fellow Mexicans over religion. marble falls Sep 2012 #9
Not Mexicans bigoted about religion. Mexicans disgusted with the way the non-Mexican JDPriestly Sep 2012 #12
Those Mormons ARE Mexicans. Iggo Sep 2012 #14
They are viewed by the Mexicans around them as intruders. That is clear from the video. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #15
Sort of the way folks don't like second generation Mexicans who don't Americanize, right? marble falls Sep 2012 #16
That may be. Iggo Sep 2012 #18
I was looking at their lifestyles and hearing the information that JDPriestly Oct 2012 #19
I get that. Iggo Oct 2012 #21
You'd better look again, they identify as Mexicans and they show empathy toward other Mexicans.... marble falls Sep 2012 #17
Empathy-- shutting themselves up in a community that they guard -- like a private JDPriestly Oct 2012 #20
You don't know Mexico. marble falls Oct 2012 #22
Fascinating. Thanks for the link. Whovian Sep 2012 #4
They must be allowing the cartels to golf EmeraldCityGrl Sep 2012 #5
Can I say it? Iwillnevergiveup Sep 2012 #6
I'm with Mitt's cousin.... Stop the drug war and legalize Marijuana... midnight Sep 2012 #7
Thought just another lefty half assed "documentry" and watched for the unitentional humor .... marble falls Sep 2012 #8
thanks april Sep 2012 #10
Mormons in Mexico SamKnause Sep 2012 #11
Great show. Iggo Sep 2012 #13
So they didn't pay a ransom in the first kidnapping KurtNYC Oct 2012 #23
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