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2006-10-28 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by .com 2006-10-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I thought the Old Order Amish were against things like lawsuits, also. If they can violate their principles over such a matter, they can certainly stoop to having their picture taken.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-10-28 02:30|| 2006-10-28 02:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, I would have maybe trusted the Amish guy, but the fact that he is Canadian...can't trust the Dems or Canadians on security issues.

Posted by Shaviting Phinens9082 2006-10-28 03:22|| 2006-10-28 03:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry, terrorists are going to start thinking the same thing. If the Amish don't like it, they can go to Afghanistan.

Disclaimer: To the Amish members of the RB community, I apologize if you have been offended. :-)

Posted by gorb 2006-10-28 04:15|| 2006-10-28 04:15|| Front Page Top

#4 She can move to live with him in Canada.

I grew up near the old Amish. While there are admirable things about their community, they are not necessarily paragons of virtue.

Some of the biggest puppy mills in the country are run by the Amish. I've had to rescue the "products" of their commerce, who came with faked pedigrees and buyers who were unable to fathom that their "purebred" xxx .... wasn't a purebred xxx at all. And that it peed submissively or chewed its fur neurotically or ... etc etc

Not in the category of blowing up buses, but I keep it in mind when the topic of the Amish comes up.

Posted by lotp 2006-10-28 05:36|| 2006-10-28 05:36|| Front Page Top

#5 You guys don't know the half of it. When it comes to $$ the Amish will screw the hell out of the English (us guys) and do anything to bring in the bucks. Not stealing mind you, but taking advantage of the uniformed consumer or those enamored by the "amish" advertising slapped on a product. "Amish" cheese; "Amish made furniture" (made in the most high-tech workshops you ever saw), etc.

In my area, they even had a word for it - "Yutzy" - a verb as in; "I yutzied him good" - meaning; I screwed him with a d!ck so big, an elephant would have felt it.

Even "Amish" stores are built and marketed strictly for the English. Lehmans in Kidron OH is all prettied up (Oh, how quiant!!) complete with prices that are stratopheric. The parking lot is full of busses of tourists who are inside being shook down. They have to walk past the horse and buggy that good ole' Jonas brings every morning and ties to the rail. Jonas picks up the buggy after the store is closed. Don't kid yourself, the Amish don't shop there, they go three miles down the road to New Hope where the prices are what they should be but no English would ever find it. Check out their website - ironic, no?

Back on topic - the photograph is not a big problem if they don't want it to be. The Bishop can give permission to have your photograph taken and all is well. It's done every day - how do you think the Amish that go on missions overseas get a valid passport?

Posted by GORT 2006-10-28 10:29|| 2006-10-28 10:29|| Front Page Top

#6 follow the rules or go home.

Posted by anon 2006-10-28 10:39|| 2006-10-28 10:39|| Front Page Top

#7 ...but taking advantage of the uniformed consumer or those enamored by the "amish" advertising slapped on a product.

Hmmmm, I'm starting to suspect my Amish brand cordless electric drill is not the real deal.

Posted by SteveS 2006-10-28 10:45|| 2006-10-28 10:45|| Front Page Top

#8 I think the whole point here is not with the Amish, It's with the fakers claiming to be Amish so they can move around anonymously.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-10-28 11:01|| 2006-10-28 11:01|| Front Page Top

#9 lol SteveS

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-10-28 11:26|| 2006-10-28 11:26|| Front Page Top

#10 I've got a saddle made by an Amish community in Ohio. It's the best quality saddle I've ever owned.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2006-10-28 12:58|| 2006-10-28 12:58|| Front Page Top

#11 Heh, Deacon... There's an interesting element snobbery in commerce. I can't help but recall the 1000 times someone tried to sell me a "genuine" Rolex on the streets of Bangkok, lol.

Would it break your heart to find out the saddle was made in Western Taiwan?

It would still be "the best quality saddle I've ever owned"...

I'm just askin'...

;-)

Posted by .com 2006-10-28 13:12|| 2006-10-28 13:12|| Front Page Top

#12 What's the name of that place in New Hope? I might like to visit it.

Posted by Slaviger Angomong7708 2006-10-28 13:39|| 2006-10-28 13:39|| Front Page Top

#13 Slaviger - Lehmans (no fooling') But I misspoke, it's in Mt. Hope on SR 241.

Posted by GORT 2006-10-28 13:53|| 2006-10-28 13:53|| Front Page Top

#14 I remember when I was in PA, I would go to WalMart and see the buggies tied up to the lightposts in the parking lot. They were inside buying all kinds of junk food, etc. Heh, I should have checked to see if they were stocking up on that 99 cent jam to spoon into their pretty little containers.

Posted by Clkethel OHlkdj 2006-10-28 15:17|| 2006-10-28 15:17|| Front Page Top

#15
...taking advantage of the uniformed consumer ...

Where can I get one of them consumer uniforms?

Posted by NoBeards 2006-10-28 15:55|| 2006-10-28 15:55|| Front Page Top

#16 Last I heard, "graven" means carved, as in a statue. Photos don't usually come under that heading, unless of course yoy're talking Neolithic Kodak film cameras.

Posted by Unavilet Graising6250 2006-10-28 19:36|| 2006-10-28 19:36|| Front Page Top

#17 like a Brownie Hawkeye?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-10-28 20:09|| 2006-10-28 20:09|| Front Page Top

#18 "they could be excommunicated if the Amish community learned of the lawsuit"
Seems a photo is a problem but they'll bend principle on a lawsuit. Wouldn't it be easier if a lawsuit is a problem but they'll bend principle on a photo?

Posted by Darrell 2006-10-28 20:35|| 2006-10-28 20:35|| Front Page Top

#19 UG6250, that's your interpretation of graven. Theirs, I will happily defer to our more knwoledgable Amish posters, if I am in error, extends to photographs because the injunction against images is to prevent them becoming items of veneration, idols, to be worshipped, instead of God. I think they have a point, even if an extreme one.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-10-28 20:50|| 2006-10-28 20:50|| Front Page Top

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