Thursday, September 15, 2011

I Support My Bearded Brothers In Their Struggle Against The Man


http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/mugshots-of-amish-who-wont-put-orange-triangles-on-their-buggies.html

3 comments:

Belle said...

Holy crap! I can't believe they did that to those Amish men. That is just mean.
But really. I know they want to look plain, but hasn't anyone told them an orange triangle is ugly not decoration. It is just plain ugly.

Also, I don't remember the Bible saying we can't wear orange triangles. In fact, I'm sure of it.

DEZMOND said...

'tis not the beard that is problematic on them, but the hairdo :)

Paladin said...

The mug shots probably irritate them as much or more than any jail time or fine. I'm assuming they are old order Amish if they were bucking the system over use of safety triangles on the buggies. Old Order Amish definitely don't dig having their pictures taken. It's contrary to a tenent of their faith. Not only the whole "graven image" thing... they also consider it the sin of Pride having one's picture taken.