They failed to live according to the Lord's principles and ended up in violent situations.

Seriously every time we have been violent as a people (Missouri, Agressive nehavior by the Nauvoo Legion, conflicts with the Utes post settlement, Mountain Meadows) it has been a curse. Makes me believe it's not what the Lord wants.

Times we organized under direct inspiration (Zion's Camp and Mormon Battalion, can throw in the largely symbolic resistance to Johnston's army too if you like) no shots were fired (we did do some firing during Johnston's invasion but didn't really live up to the inflammatory rhetoric that preceded the army's arrival) and the church was strengthened.

I've read a lot on church history and I feel like this is one off the big important lessons I've learned, but maybe it's just me seeing what I want to see.

Anyway I think it fits with the mandates of the Savior's ministry.

Regardless I think a brawl after a football game clearly doesn't fit with living in accordance with the divine plan and therefore saying that prophets have been involved with violence in the course of their ministry as a justification is just silly and outrageous.

Someone mentioned we laugh at those sort of comments over at UF.N. We do. Because it's crazy. Think about it. If we were involved in a brawl after our bowl game would you let a Ute fan say something like that? Nope. You'd say that comment like that are demolished and expose our heathen disrespect for all that is good and you would be right. Just because the folks in the brawl were priesthood holders wearing BYU unis doesn't mean it was right. We all make mistakes. Accept it. Own it. Fix it. That's all anyone can ask.
End Rant.