[Politics/Religion] Development re: the other 9/11 anniversary

[Rather than jack the "I Remember" thread]

Not to detract at all from 9/11/01, but a moderately interesting development on the 150th anniversary of the other 9/11 tragedy:
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_6862682

(I'll warn you against reading the reader comments at the bottom as it may cause spontaneous cranial explosion.)

It is a start. Unfortunately, I imagine it's all we'll likely ever get. Really, it's not that important to me what the church's official stance is on the issue, as I'm comfortable with what I think about it, but I think the descendants of the victims and those of John D. Lee really deserve better than what they've been given. The LDS church has a violent and bloody history (not in any way that they're the only major world religion who does) and most of the faithful I know are aware of it. The fact that they happily put blinders on for this one bit of it makes very little sense to me. Church leaders are flawed men, they'll declare that nearly to a man, except for when it comes to Brigham Young. Strange.