Re: Iraq

Doug Miller wrote:
> In article <9linf3tvsg7hl8roa2so3e6gi2pv7b94jg@4ax.com>, SkippyPB <swiegan
d@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>
> Actually, more than a few Amish use electricity extensively -- just not fr
om
> the grid. Propane-fired generators are common.
>
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