[Physicist]

Prediction: the shooter was a local nutjob who had some failed dealings with some Amish people, and blamed the entire community for imagined wrongs.

The insular nature of the Amish community lends itself to such irrational, collectivized hatred, much like the hatred directed against the Jews.

[KosmicKitty]

Prediction: the shooter was a local nutjob who had some failed dealings with some Amish people, and blamed the entire community for imagined wrongs.

Agreed.

Just looking at those adorable little ones sitting there is so heartbreaking!!

[Brilliant]

Could be that, or could be someone who wanted his 15 minutes of fame, and decided the best way to do it would be to shoot up an Amish school.


It's the media that fuels this stuff. If they did not give it such prominent coverage, these incidents would almost be non-existent.

[MediaMole]

Unfortunately, you may be correct. I've seen it happen in Southwestern Wisconsin where Amish farmers are able to make a living on farms that had previously failed. Some of the locals feel that the Amish must be ripping them off since they are successful on land that others couldn't live off of.

[cinives]

You are just wrong. Everyone who has dealings with the Amish respect them immensely. I don't believe the Jews consider themselves any more insular than, say, the Presbyterians, either.