I would love to see that made into a movie, like the John Adams HBO movie. I just watched it last night and the tar and feather scene made me wish they'd make a Joe Smith movie.
not boasting here, but I cannot even fathom a situation that was so intimidating I fainted, its just not how I'm wired. I guess its a good thing Joe never used the Nauvoo Legion in combat, at the first sniff of gun powder or blood he probably would have sounded the retreat and many innocent men he was responsible for would likely have died due to his cowardice.
Fainting in the face of danger goes against survival needs, by losing consciousness how can you possible hope to fight or flight? Joe=Loud mothed coward.
> > Fainting in the face of danger goes against > survival needs, by losing consciousness how can > you possible hope to fight or flight? Joe=Loud > mothed coward.
Actually, going unconscious is a last-ditch survival effort. People often forget there are *three* survival responses, not just two. They are fight, flight, *freeze.* Going into unconsciousness or shock feigns death and will deter some predators.
I'm not a fan of Joseph Smith but I don't think he was a coward, whether he fainted or not. After he fled Nauvoo to escape the militia send to capture him, he returned when he got word the inhabitants feared the city would be destroyed and some of them killed unless he surrendered. Apparently, also, some friends said he was a coward for abandoning them. Smith, himself, apparently felt if he went to Carthage he'd be killed but he went anyway.
I like the story of how Joseph Smith was meeting with a learned man about one of his translations and he excused himself to urinate and the man was startled to see him fleeing on a horse at high speed.
"July 10, 1844 - Samuel Williams, commanding officer of the Carthage Greys, writes a letter describing the happenings at Carthage jail." Thanks. He might have been shocked to know who was there. I just asked a contact for a list of the Carthage Greys.