Amish sect wins reflector dispute

The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat ^ | October 22, 2003 | SANDRA K. REABUCK

[Willie Green]

Isn't "gray tape" just ordinary Duct Tape?
What good is that gonna do?

God bless the Amish. But I really dislike reading stories about cars plowing into their buggies.

[Willie Green]

ping

[Graybeard58]

Good time for my questions:
Are the Amish people politically active? In that are they known to be of one political party or another? If they are voters who do they vote for usually?

[sharktrager]

"A conservative Amish sect..."

I am not at all fond of those liberal Amish sects.

[Catspaw]

Reflective tape comes in different colors. Red reflective tape may have been too gaudy for them.

[Teacher317]

Contrast this story with this one... Many people are confused by the orange triangles, thinking they are yield signs or even biohazard warnings.

[Willie Green]

Reflective tape comes in different colors. Red reflective tape may have been too gaudy for them.

Yeah, but in my mind the terms "gray" and "reflective" seem mutually exclusive.

Perhaps they meant "silver" instead of "gray".

[Willie Green]

Contrast this story with this one...

Yep, that one is about the Swartzentrubers also.

Many people are confused by the orange triangles, thinking they are yield signs or even biohazard warnings.

Well I don't see where that makes much difference.
You're supposed to avoid plowing your car into those things as well.

[Catspaw]

When I googled "reflective tape" it came up as silver/grey. My guess is "silver" might have them thinking it was a precious metal--and that'd be too gaudy, too.

And I just checked my sailing jacket--it's got white reflective tape on it. I've also seen reflective tape in yellow--that weird fire engine day-glo yellow.

[Willie Green]

Are the Amish people politically active?

Heck, I don't know.
AmishDude is the only one that I know that is.
Maybe he can answer your other questions.

[Between the Lines]

Many people are confused by the orange triangles, thinking they are yield signs or even biohazard warnings.

In states like Texas where these triangles are required on all slow moving vehicles, everyone knows what they mean.

[mhking]

I am thanking thee....

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[FourPeas]

My son's winter coat has grey reflective tape on it.

[AdamSelene235]

Are the Amish people politically active?

At times. They won a Supreme Court case protecting their right to remove children from schools after grade 8.

[Willie Green]

-that weird fire engine day-glo yellow.

Yeah, all the different color reflective tapes that I've ever seen have always been "bright" versions of the color. That's why "gray" doesn't make sense to me: who ever heard of "bright gray"???

[ArrogantBustard]

They mean "gray". The tape has microscopic retroreflective crystals embedded in it. It looks gray in diffuse lighting. Shine a bright white light on it (like an automobile headlamp) and it is as bright as any mirror, though does not form an image.

[CherylBower]

If having a orange triangle on the back of a buggy interferes with the practice of their religion, how do they reconcile with even being on state maintained road in the first place?

[N. Theknow]

What goes....

Clop, Clop, Clop, Clop, Clop

BANG!

Clop, Clop, Clop, Clop, Clop?

Ans. An Amish drive-by shooting.

[Between the Lines]

I would guess that since there is only one bang that he is using a musket?

[Mr. Lucky]

Are the Amish people politically active?

No. Most simply put, Amish believe that institutions were either ordained by God or they were not; there is no middle road. The family and church were ordained by God; government was not.