MUMS THE WORD

I would like to say this is a good article, but it's not! Omitting Amish taxi use in the equation is too big of an error. Once that cost is included it becomes painfully obvious that the horse and buggy is an archaic decoration that serves no practical function. But, God forbid someone point out the obvious. Fuck-em, fuck-em all!
There was a time when maintaining a horse and buggy blended seamlessly with farm culture. Today's non-farming Amish have the additional cost of a barn which they otherwise wouldn't use. Comparatively, a car takes up a lot less space than a horse and buggy, plus hay and bedding. Fuck, a car can be parked on the street! Someone needs to look up the definition of "research"!
If he wants to redeem himself he could write about the disproportionate burden these costs have on lower income non-farming Amish.

WOWZA

Straight talk

It's time to recognize that marrying near cousins can create genetic
disasters that cause great suffering for children and staggering hospital bills
for parents.

Why should one group be singled out for special treatment?

LANGUAGE

In other words they're making shit up!

Weaver says Amish "Dutch'' not only has added English words but has altered
German words.
"From generation to generation, each of them speaks a little
worse and that's how language deteriorates,'' she says. "They think they speak
German, but it's not. It's their own invention.''
The Amish place little
emphasis on proper terminology, she says.
"This is not a criticism for the
Amish,'' she explains. "It's purely from a linguistic point of view. The way
they say things is their own kind of Bird-in-Hand language.''

It's no secret that losing your language is a grave threat to your identity, but, oh no! nobody dares to say the obvious, that the Amish are doing something really stupid! The hack that wrote the article could have interviewed someone knowledgeable on the impact of not maintaining language, but instead we'll just have a circle jerk about how hunky dory things are with the Amish. Fuck him! And everyone else that enables this romantic bull shit!

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How many million words were printed to convey the tragic events of the
Nickel Mines school shooting? Was there one tiny reference to whether
the police handled things appropriately?
The two definitive naratives that emerged were the heroism of the
police and the forgiveness from the Amish. Both were portrayed as
beyound reproach. I believe the Amish and the non-Amish would be well
served by taking a second look and asking some hard questions. One
question the Amish need to answer is, since the police were willing to
risk their lives for them, is there anything important enough that is
worth putting our lives on the line for? If there is nothing, then the
Amish have become a ward of the State.
Nothing could be more detrimental to the authenticity of their faith.
Easy

Good Bye Cruel World

Harvey Yoder, the author of "The Happening", gave me a verbal
confirmation this morning that his portrayal of a "pounding on the
door, something heavy was being used, then the shooting started." was
accurate. He even went further than that in stating that, "the police
were breaking in, when the shooting started". The State Police
Commisioner Jeffery Miller has publicly denied this version of events.
So who is right? Does any one even care? I can't fathom that this
event wasn't horrendously mis-handled by the police. But when the
Amish are involved it just fucking doesn't matter. Create what ever
God damned reality you want, everyones a hero.
Easy

Glitterati

Amish protest state crackdown on midwife

Why are the Amish constantly asking for an exemption for one thing or another? The only way for the Amish to maintain there "separate and apart" status is if they remain inconspicuous. Showing up at the State Capital by the hundreds to petition for special privileges doesn't cut it.

Here they showed up to support a child molester. Like a friend of mine would say "real fucking cool, real fucking cool".

Here, their taxi drivers are running afoul of the law. You would think they would be a little more sensitive about our laws, considering how legalistic they are.

Here, they want to dump their sewage on their fields in spite of being asked not to. What can I say? Where the hell is their public relations guy?

Here, they're in an ongoing public relations debacle over building codes. My understanding of the situation is that they could very easily attain what they want by applying for a variance at the state level. If they want to be different, let them be different, but have them achieve it the way any one else would. If outside groups succeed in creating a privileged status for them, there's going to be hell to pay and the sonsofbitches that made it happen aren't going to be around when that debt is paid.

Oh, and just in case you thought it's not going to get worse

In terms of being a public relations disaster, none of the above have the perfect storm qualities of this. Check out the comments here, here, here, and here

AUNT TILLIE ROCKS

Found here

Unadulterated Amish expression is hard to come by. Enjoy!