| Alistair 2007-09-27, 6:55 pm |
| On 27 Sep, 17:13, donald tees <donaldt...@execulink.com> wrote:
> Doug Miller wrote:
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> My old order Mennonite neighbour when I was out in the country also had
> a computer in the bar, for managing his herd. No electricity in the
> house, but refrigeration is mandated by law for dairy. Seems it is ok
> for making money, just not for personal use.
>
> The kids were quite clever ... they had re-partitioned the disk and set
> up a games section that was invisible to their parents, which I
> discovered while giving him an assist with the computer. I kept my silence.
>
> What they do not show though, is the cruelty that results from the
> beliefs. All females removed from school by age 14, boys at 16, rampant
> blindness and retardation from inbreeding, rotten teeth and
> malnutrition, etc., etc.
>
> Just about anything can be justified by an organized religion. They are
> the bane of the earth, all of them.
>
> Donald
You forgot incest and abuse in the list.
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