spendius wrote:Bernie wrote-
Quote:The Amish (or Mennonite, my family tradition) reject claims to authority over them.
Isn't it nice of the rest of us to allow them that little affectation. It shows what a tolerant society they have around them. Crushed as we are by authority we do not find such a claim objectionable. Ridiculous more like.
Do you think they would be as tolerant if they were the established ruling caste and the minority wished to pusue its wicked ways.
Imagine how many of them would be in prison for views like that and how soon their homes destroyed if their skins were just a little bit darker and they were spawned from ancestors just a little further east of their origins.
I'm afraid I don't understand that.
The Amish aren't the only ones who believe their religious book is above the law of government. Yet, we allow them to carve out a niche in our country while putting others in foreign prisons who hold a similar view and suspect them of terroism.
