Somebody Call the Wahhhmbulance for the Amish Beard-Cutter Gang
Backstory: “16 Amish Beard Cutters Convicted of Hate Crimes Against ‘Religious Enemies’,” September 22, 2012
TOLEDO, Ohio — Putting all of the Amish men and women convicted in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish behind bars now during harvest season would create a financial hardship for their families and could leave their children hungry this winter, their lawyers said. …
The attorney for one woman says she should be allowed to remain free until sentencing, in part, because she’s busy harvesting crops and canning food for her 10 children. …Lester Miller … who has 11 children under the age of 16, is also needed at home for the fall harvest and to preserve food for the winter, his attorney said. …
— “Amish in beard-cutting hate crimes say jail time will hurt families financially”
AP, September 27, 2012
Gee, guess they should have thought of that before they launched their mass hate-crime attack — or before having all those kids (“her 10 children”? “11 children under the age of 16”? Geez, zip it up once in a while, people!), who are now suffering not because of the mean ol’ legal system, but because their parents are a bunch of irresponsible louts who think their own super-special flavor of fatwa makes them above the law.
May as well free every person convicted of an “honor killing,” whether rooted in religion or gang affiliation — we’re sure a lot of Crips and Bloods sitting in prison right now have dependent families, too.
In the end, whether forcibly shearing off an enemy’s beard or gunning down a rival on the street corner, it all boils down to the same thing: an archaic, feudalist tribe mentality that makes about as much sense as eating the heart of one’s enemy in order to absorb his strength.
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Maybe if they’d spent more time at home canning and tending to their litter of children instead of attacking others they wouldn’t be in this predicament. Now they want to plead special circumstances? Boo hoo.