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Amish sect wins reflector dispute
The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat ^
| October 22, 2003
| SANDRA K. REABUCK
Posted on 10/22/2003 1:20:00 PM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
"The Old Order Amish say the triangles offend their religious beliefs. They say the garish color violates their simple lifestyle and that displaying it would show they rely on it rather than on God for their safety."
So using gray tape doesn't show that they are relying on it (the tape) rather than God for their safety?????
I don't get it, either you rely on God or you don't. If gray tape is OK then a dayglo orange triangle should be as well...
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posted on
10/22/2003 3:11:55 PM PDT
by
3Lean
To: AdamSelene235
Their children's knowledge at 8th Grade would put most college kids to shame.
To: Willie Green
Why don't they just put up big signs in the area that say, "Amish Crossing"?
That's all the warning you'll get for deer or livestock.
To: CherylBower
how do they reconcile with even being on state maintained road in the first place? They'd be happy with dirt roads like in the 1800's. They didn't ask for the state to come in and pave the roads where they live.
To: Graybeard58
The Amish have been exempt from the Social Security welfare state since around 1948.
To: dirtboy
The Amish have no problem with diesel trucks hauling off their milk production every day, or having trucks cart off sheds and gazebos they have built. Others can act as they wish. The Amish wish to be as little entangled and as much independent from the world as possible.
It must be working. There's something like 150,000 of them now.
They will take over much of the US farm economy in our lifetimes.
To: DC native
After you live among them for awhile, you notice that they are not very friendly Well, certainly not someone who sounds as contemptuous as you.
To: Hermann the Cherusker
They will take over much of the US farm economy in our lifetimes.When the Amish started moving into north central Wisconsin and my in-laws were selling their farm, they hoped Amish would buy it because they pay cash (no land contracts). The Amish who looked at the farm didn't buy it--because my in-law's house was too small (it only had three bedrooms).
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posted on
10/22/2003 3:32:34 PM PDT
by
Catspaw
You can't make them look too fancy or the buggy chop shops will snatch them.
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posted on
10/22/2003 3:42:29 PM PDT
by
Consort
To: Hermann the Cherusker
That's your opinion. Orange isn't gaudy. God made orange
probably about the same time he decided that red and
yellow were nice and mixed them. A triangle isn't a big
haphazard splash. It has form and you'll probably find it
in nature. Black can be gaudy if one has a self-
righteous attitude toward others because their black is
better than someone else's orange. However, I wouldn't
wear orange around someone who was offended by it if I
could help it.
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posted on
10/22/2003 3:46:38 PM PDT
by
Twinkie
To: george wythe
good post, the only time I have ever seen an Amish rig on the road was when I was sent to Hutchinson KS to audit inventory for the Dillard's store there. When I left for the Whitchia airport it was raining cats and dogs and I almost ran over a buggy but just missed it and didn't go over 30mph until I hit the main road.
To: Willie Green; Graybeard58
I am not Amish. Seriously. But I grew up in Lancaster, PA.
In order for these Schwartzentruber to maintain their position, they'd have to argue that the triangles are vain. There used to be what was known as "black bumper Mennonites". They'd drive cars, but paint the chrome bumpers black.
The orange triangle isn't vain either in purpose or execution. I think this sect just wants to start a fight. The Amish in Lancaster tend to follow all safety procedures on the road.
To: AmishDude
I lived in Reading in the late 60s and traveled in and around the Lancaster area, -road side pretzel stands, shoo fly pie. I miss it.
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posted on
10/22/2003 4:17:20 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Never raise your hand to a child, it leaves your crotch open.)
To: Graybeard58
I miss it, too.
Mostly, I miss chicken barbecue.
By the way, you wouldn't miss Reading now. It's not what it was.
To: Willie Green
Interesting.
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posted on
10/23/2003 7:43:14 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(The left always "feels your pain" unless of course they caused it.)
To: Hermann the Cherusker
Their children's knowledge at 8th Grade would put most college kids to shame. I had two years of calculus before I went to college. I doubt the Amish do.
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posted on
10/23/2003 8:54:25 AM PDT
by
AdamSelene235
(I always shoot for the moon......sometimes I hit London.- Von Braun)
To: Willie Green
The Internet is a great place to make fun of Amish people.
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posted on
10/23/2003 9:12:27 AM PDT
by
AdA$tra
(Hypocricy is the Vaseline of social intercourse....)
To: AdamSelene235
I had two years of calculus before I went to college. I doubt the Amish do. You are a rarity. Could you speak and read and write in three lanugages?
To: Hermann the Cherusker
You are a rarity. Could you speak and read and write in three lanugages? Negative. If a person can't cope with calculus by age 16, I see little point in further instruction. It really should be introduced around age 14. Getting back to the Amish, they believe the modern complex world jeopardizes their salvation. They value faith and cooperation over knowledge and competition. If we had schools rather than socialist indoctrination centers, the average college student would be far better educated than the average Amish person.
That said, I think I'd rather have the Amish for neighbors.
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:24:48 AM PDT
by
AdamSelene235
(I always shoot for the moon......sometimes I hit London.- Von Braun)
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