Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:19:01 -0500, HK wrote:

Every group has its upside and downside, but I do admire the Amish sense
of community.

Yes, good people.

Do they use modern tools and equipment with their construction?


Yes, they do, and they arrive in pick-me-up trucks. They bring needed
cash back to their community, and I suppose they get a dispensation from
the elders. It's nice visiting their markets, too, because the young
girls who work the booths with their moms, dads, brothers, sisters,
grandparents, et cetera, are there sans tons of goopy make-up and weirdo
hairstyles, and they look much prettier than most of their "English"
contemporaries. When we go to the market, I mostly schmooze with some of
the elders while my wife stocks up on their food products, fresh and
canned, and their floral baskets. They come to market with their horses
and black buggies, and some open horse-drawn cars. Nice-looking draught
horses.

I especially like the fact that while they keep their traditions,
cultural and religious, they don't try to force any of that on others.
In that regard, they're like Jews, who I also admire as religious people
for the same reasons.