[nmh]

“Once again, stop hyperventilating. I understand the Amish viewpoints just fine, I lived in Amish country in the past. I am just pointing out that their unwillingness to adapt to rubber wheels - out of what I think is a rather misguided application of their views towards pridefulness - leads to a conflict with local goverments over the damage their steel wheels (and especially on their heavy farm equipment) does to roads. They can be highly selective with their application of modern technology, such as allowing motors to perform farm functions as long as a motor is not actually providing the propulsion for the device - which is why you see horses pulling a gas-powered hay baler for example, or an old Amish man with a long white beard running a weed wacker around the yard (yes, I have seen both). Yet they won’t allow something as simple as rubber wheels that would resolve the damages their vehicles cause to paved roadways.”

Last chance to get it right!

Name calling doesn't work - “hyperventilating”. You're reacting like a liberal - don't do that worn out approach ... .

I see NO REASON for them to adopt to RUBBER WHEELS to make YOU happy. The Amish do NOT want rubber wheels. The Amish see this as a violation of their beliefs. I see NO REASON as to WHY they should chuck their beliefs to make you feel better about road damage. The Amish do NOT want the government paved roads to begin with and they should NOT need to rearrange their beliefs to accommodate your pet peeve about paved roads and changing to rubber wheels.

If some Amish are not measuring up to your expectations, then so be it! It something they handle in their community. It has nothing to do with you or I. Again, stop being so petty.

I am more concerned about how the Obama administration is running our country into the ground with debt than I am about changing the Amish faith to include rubber tires to ease road damage on GOVERNMENT roads that the Amish NEVER asked to have paved. You need to get over yourself and leave these fine people alone.

Have a nice day!

[dirtboy]

Once again, get over yourself. Roads are a public resource. If the Amish owned the roads, they would have the right to use them in any manner they see fit. But they don’t own the roads. You are the one acting like a liberal here, in that stating that someone’s beliefs allow them to do whatever they want, and that the damage they cause should be borne by others.

[dirtboy]

I am more concerned about how the Obama administration

Some of us have enough brainpower to multitask.