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jwaneeta October 14 2011, 00:45:40 UTC
Weirdly enough, I first read about this on the BBC's sight last week. Scooped again!

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thisficklemob October 14 2011, 04:49:36 UTC
Me too! I was talking to someone who thought the guy who went into an Amish schoolhouse and shot girls a couple years ago was Amish, and I was like, no, he was just a local guy -- the big Amish crime wave is that there's a breakaway sect, and they're cutting other people's hair.

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missmurchison October 16 2011, 17:01:58 UTC
Yes, that was some non-Amish guy. I can't imagine a mind that wakes up one day and says, "I'm pissed off. I think I'll kill a bunch of little kids."

I've lived in areas with Amish populations, and usually the rebels get arrested for drunk driving, which is actually less dangerous when they're completely intoxicated, because then the horse takes over. Sometimes, if they just get a buzz, they can cause bad accidents.

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missmurchison October 16 2011, 16:57:47 UTC
I'm sure it was in the More Weird Things Americans Do section.

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jwaneeta October 17 2011, 01:31:04 UTC
Of course. :)

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