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[husker]

Even though Cerebral Stasis, mentioned this in another topic about a hostage situation, I thought this needed it's own topic. As you have probably heard, 5 Amish school girls have been shot by a milkman. This is pretty bad. The Amish people are very nice people that would never cause harm to anyone. I visted this area just this summer. The Amish were really nice and mainly just minded there ways. They were off on their own doing whatever they might be doing. What really surprised me was that the Amish forgive this milkman. I wish the world could be as forgiving as the Amish. They just accept it and move on. These are great people and I can't believe someone would do something like this.

[DarkPsycho]

its been said that the killing had nothing to do with them being amish
but yea its still terrible that it happened to peaceful people like that.

[the_aggie10]

husker, on Oct 4 2006, 01:03 AM, said:

Even though Cerebral Stasis, mentioned this in another topic about a hostage situation, I thought this needed it's own topic. As you have probably heard, 5 Amish school girls have been shot by a milkman. This is pretty bad. The Amish people are very nice people that would never cause harm to anyone. I visted this area just this summer. The Amish were really nice and mainly just minded there ways. They were off on their own doing whatever they might be doing. What really surprised me was that the Amish forgive this milkman. I wish the world could be as forgiving as the Amish. They just accept it and move on. These are great people and I can't believe someone would do something like this.

this isnt good.....do you know why the milkman shot them?thats pretty awesome that the amish people forgave the milman...

[kkrizka]

I have heard about this in the morning on the radio. I was really suprised to what happened, at first I though it was one of those stupid USA school shootings again, but this is different. People in a place that have done no wrong are being endangered for some weird reason. I heard that the shooter has something against young girls? Also I do agree it is quite nice of the to forgive. They keep by what they believe in even in such a bad time. I quite respect that.

[ghostrider]

This is starting to get scary almost. This is the third shooting at a school in one week. I think its amazing that the Amish can forgive a man who killed their innocent children. The world needs to be like more like that.

[jlhaslip]

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The world needs to be like more like that.

They think so, too.

A tragedy by any definition. Young people are the potential for our societies, and what we as citizens must protect.
My thoughts are with them this evening.

[husker]

the_aggie10, on Oct 3 2006, 07:11 PM, said:

this isnt good.....do you know why the milkman shot them?

He supposedly has a 20 year grudge against them. I don't know what it is about though.

[midnitesun]

any idea what his grudge was ?, it must be a pretty bad one to be able to survive for 20 years and provoke such hideous acts agains innocent people and children, i believe the amish community came from netherland to escape from hostilities they faced there and are relatively peaceful and keep mostly to themselves, makes me wonder again what grudge would that person must be having against them

[rahul_rules22]

Yeah, it must have been really bad grudge to make someone do such a hideous act. I am strongly against any such belief or community that makes people do hate crimes. Moreover crimes against such peaceful people is totally unbearable.

[elevenmil]

Geez, why couldn't he have had a grudge against kids who smoke pot and carry guns? This guy needs to be put to death, yes, it may have been nice for the amish to forgive the man, but we live in a society that is sick, and those sick people must pay.

It is said that we have no right to judge and kill people due to their crimes and sins, but without doing so, what would our world become? Consequences would not have the same impact and criminals would flourish.

It is a shame that we can not have the faith and abilities and mentalities of that of the amish, but our world and society has progressed in such a way that it is impossible to become more like them. For those who criticize their lifestyle, they themselves are hypocrits.