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I certainly dont condone the abuse Ive heard of in the amish communities but I have to believe that the abusers are SCUM individuals which are in all cultures. I did live near Amish in western Maryland and knew several families that were really good people. In fact, I had a close friend who had a sporting goods shop and a beauty shop in his home . He would sell guns to the Amish and often they would tell him they could not pay for the gun they bought until they sold a cow or harvested a field or whatever and he always extended them credit. And they always came back and paid as they said they would. His house caught fire and burned to the ground one night. The following morning there were more men without buttons in his yard than you could shake a stick at. they started hauling the debris away while it still had smoke coming off it- then they began building him a new house, men and boys building while the women and girls cooked and fed the men. The house was completed and he moved in three weeks later. And he has a beautiful home. I knew on older Amish gentleman up there who owned a cabinet shop. He had his own Cessna airplane and flew all over the place. He just had to bum a ride from this farm to the little airport. I kidded him often but he always laughed and said when they said we couldnt have cars nobody was thinking of airplanes. (He flew to Canada every year to bear hunt). And they do have a sensa of humor- When I raised plott hounds up there I always bought my dog food of of another Amishman who had a feed store. I will never forget, I was getting dog food one day and his son who was about 6 or 7 was in the barn with us and overheard the man tell me "Ill trade you one of your plotts for the black and tan tied up over there." The little boy started crying and said "Daddy, you cant get rid of my dog. We dont know how good his dog is." He said "I know son but we do know how worthless our dog is"
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