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"Amish-on-Amish violence is extremely rare," Kraybill said. "This is very odd and clearly outlier behavior, an aberration in Amish society."
i don't know why but that has me crying laughing
if this wasn't on cnn i would've sworn that it was an onion story
Well, it wouldn't be the first time that a major news outlet reported an Onion story as truth...
The Onion taken seriously
Upon occasion, the straight-faced manner in which The Onion reports non-existent happenings has resulted in third parties mistakenly citing The Onion stories as real news.
In 1998, Fred Phelps posted The Onion article "'98 Homosexual-Recruitment Drive Nearing Goal" on his "God Hates Fags" website as "proof" that gay people were indeed actively trying to "recruit" others.
On June 7, 2002, Reuters reported that the Beijing Evening News republished, in the international news page of its June 3 edition, translated portions of the article "Congress Threatens To Leave D.C. Unless New Capitol Is Built". The story discusses the U.S. Congress's threats to leave Washington for Memphis, Tennessee; Charlotte, North Carolina; or even Toronto, Canada unless Washington, D.C. built them a new Capitol building with a retractable dome. The article is a parody of U.S. sports franchises' threats to leave their home city unless new stadiums are built for them. Evening News initially stood by the story, demanding proof of its falsehood. It later retracted the article, responding that "some small American newspapers frequently fabricate offbeat news to trick people into noticing them with the aim of making money."
In late March 2004, Deborah Norville of MSNBC presented as genuine an article titled "Study: 58 Percent Of U.S. Exercise Televised".
In 2006, the Danish television station TV 2 posted a story on the gossip section of its website that took seriously The Onion article titled "Sean Penn Demands To Know What Asshole Took <!-- e --><a href="mailto:SeanPenn@gmail.com">SeanPenn@gmail.com</a><!-- e -->"
An article on Harry Potter inciting children to practice witchcraft was the subject of a widely forwarded email which repeated the quotes attributed to children in the article. Columnist Ellen Makkai and others who believe the Harry Potter books "recruit" children to Satanism have also been taken in by the article, using quotes from it to support their claims.
In September 2009, two Bangladeshi newspapers, The Daily Manab Zamin and The New Nation, published stories translated from The Onion claiming Neil Armstrong had held a news conference claiming the moon landing was an elaborate hoax. Neither realized The Onion was not a genuine news site. Both of the newspapers apologized to their readers for not checking the story.
In October 2009, the Russian news site Russia.ru repackaged clips from The Onion video piece "New Anti-Smoking Ad Warns Teens 'It's Gay to Smoke'" as legitimate news.
In February 2010, among others the online newspapers Il Corriere della Sera (Italy) and Adresseavisen (Norway) repackaged clips from The Onion video piece "Denmark Introduces Harrowing New Tourism Ads Directed By Lars Von Trier" as legitimate news.
In June 2010, the soccer website Sofoot.com (France) mistook for real news the article "Nation's Soccer Fan Becoming Insufferable", picked up the story and translated it partially on their own website under the title "La solitude du supporter ricain" ("The Yankee supporter's loneliness"). The article even ends with a kind word for the fake fan, telling him to be brave and to hang on.
In November 2010, The Fox Nation website, a part of the Fox News network, mistook The Onion's article about President Barack Obama writing a 75,000 word e-mail complaining about America as a genuine report.
In April 2011, the New York Times took an article that was several years old seriously. The article talks about President Obama on the cover of the magazine Tiger Beat with an image of the magazine inside.
The blog Literally Unbelievable (started 2011) showcases posts from Facebook users who take various Onion articles seriously.
In September 2011, United States Capitol Police investigated reports coming from The Onion's Twitter account claiming that US congressmen were holding twelve children hostage.
"See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
Well, it wouldn't be the first time that a major news outlet reported an Onion story as truth...
The Onion taken seriously
Upon occasion, the straight-faced manner in which The Onion reports non-existent happenings has resulted in third parties mistakenly citing The Onion stories as real news.
In 1998, Fred Phelps posted The Onion article "'98 Homosexual-Recruitment Drive Nearing Goal" on his "God Hates Fags" website as "proof" that gay people were indeed actively trying to "recruit" others.
On June 7, 2002, Reuters reported that the Beijing Evening News republished, in the international news page of its June 3 edition, translated portions of the article "Congress Threatens To Leave D.C. Unless New Capitol Is Built". The story discusses the U.S. Congress's threats to leave Washington for Memphis, Tennessee; Charlotte, North Carolina; or even Toronto, Canada unless Washington, D.C. built them a new Capitol building with a retractable dome. The article is a parody of U.S. sports franchises' threats to leave their home city unless new stadiums are built for them. Evening News initially stood by the story, demanding proof of its falsehood. It later retracted the article, responding that "some small American newspapers frequently fabricate offbeat news to trick people into noticing them with the aim of making money."
In late March 2004, Deborah Norville of MSNBC presented as genuine an article titled "Study: 58 Percent Of U.S. Exercise Televised".
In 2006, the Danish television station TV 2 posted a story on the gossip section of its website that took seriously The Onion article titled "Sean Penn Demands To Know What Asshole Took <!-- e --><a href="mailto:SeanPenn@gmail.com">SeanPenn@gmail.com</a><!-- e -->"
An article on Harry Potter inciting children to practice witchcraft was the subject of a widely forwarded email which repeated the quotes attributed to children in the article. Columnist Ellen Makkai and others who believe the Harry Potter books "recruit" children to Satanism have also been taken in by the article, using quotes from it to support their claims.
In September 2009, two Bangladeshi newspapers, The Daily Manab Zamin and The New Nation, published stories translated from The Onion claiming Neil Armstrong had held a news conference claiming the moon landing was an elaborate hoax. Neither realized The Onion was not a genuine news site. Both of the newspapers apologized to their readers for not checking the story.
In October 2009, the Russian news site Russia.ru repackaged clips from The Onion video piece "New Anti-Smoking Ad Warns Teens 'It's Gay to Smoke'" as legitimate news.
In February 2010, among others the online newspapers Il Corriere della Sera (Italy) and Adresseavisen (Norway) repackaged clips from The Onion video piece "Denmark Introduces Harrowing New Tourism Ads Directed By Lars Von Trier" as legitimate news.
In June 2010, the soccer website Sofoot.com (France) mistook for real news the article "Nation's Soccer Fan Becoming Insufferable", picked up the story and translated it partially on their own website under the title "La solitude du supporter ricain" ("The Yankee supporter's loneliness"). The article even ends with a kind word for the fake fan, telling him to be brave and to hang on.
In November 2010, The Fox Nation website, a part of the Fox News network, mistook The Onion's article about President Barack Obama writing a 75,000 word e-mail complaining about America as a genuine report.
In April 2011, the New York Times took an article that was several years old seriously. The article talks about President Obama on the cover of the magazine Tiger Beat with an image of the magazine inside.
The blog Literally Unbelievable (started 2011) showcases posts from Facebook users who take various Onion articles seriously.
In September 2011, United States Capitol Police investigated reports coming from The Onion's Twitter account claiming that US congressmen were holding twelve children hostage.
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I'm not traditional Amish but my father was born full blooded Amish so I'm quite familiar with the culture. This incident is a rare aberation but also may be a sad indication of a dying culture. Don't get me wrong- I can take a joke and I agree with what George Carlin once said- that anything can be used in humor. But I also feel sad knowing that, in really, all jokes aside, that part of my heritage is dying. For some reason I just can't laugh about that.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
I've had enough comedy already at just reading the name Lester Mullet.
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I'm not traditional Amish but my father was born full blooded Amish so I'm quite familiar with the culture. This incident is a rare aberation but also may be a sad indication of a dying culture. Don't get me wrong- I can take a joke and I agree with what George Carlin once said- that anything can be used in humor. But I also feel sad knowing that, in really, all jokes aside, that part of my heritage is dying. For some reason I just can't laugh about that.
Well, I think the Amish way of life has been dying for quite some time. I think it's hard to live in that kind of bubble and keep away from an ever changing world, and it's especially hard to keep the kids there. In some ways the Amish have let the kids be a little more modern, allowing them to enjoy some of the modern trappings (like sound systems in their buggies, etc) but are expected to give that up when they turn 18 and fully settle into the Amish lifestyle. I think that's a very well-meant gesture, but at the same time it gives some of them a taste of "what they're missing", and only makes them want more. Or some kids want more non-material things, like a decent education, as the majority of Amish communities only provide an 8th grade education and nothing more.
I saw a show, it was 20/20 or something like that, probably 5-6 years ago about these people that run a group to "rescue" Amish teenagers. They run a safe house and help the kids sneak off in the middle of the night, it was almost like an underground railroad for Amish teenagers. It was pretty sad really, not just that these kids felt the only thing to do was sneak away from their families in the middle of the night, but also the trouble they had adjusting to modern society once out of the Amish community.
I think that regardless of what happens in the Amish community, the more that society advances from the way of life the Amish still enjoy, the more they become alienated, the more they ask people to give up to stay there, and the harder it will be to keep people within the fold. I can't really imagine what it must be like to live in that culture, and see all the "advancements" (for better or worse) going on in the world, and not being able to enjoy any of it because that's just the way you were raised. Because at one point in the past your ancestors decided not to take part in any of that.
"See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
I'm not traditional Amish but my father was born full blooded Amish so I'm quite familiar with the culture. This incident is a rare aberation but also may be a sad indication of a dying culture. Don't get me wrong- I can take a joke and I agree with what George Carlin once said- that anything can be used in humor. But I also feel sad knowing that, in really, all jokes aside, that part of my heritage is dying. For some reason I just can't laugh about that.
Well, I think the Amish way of life has been dying for quite some time. I think it's hard to live in that kind of bubble and keep away from an ever changing world, and it's especially hard to keep the kids there. In some ways the Amish have let the kids be a little more modern, allowing them to enjoy some of the modern trappings (like sound systems in their buggies, etc) but are expected to give that up when they turn 18 and fully settle into the Amish lifestyle. I think that's a very well-meant gesture, but at the same time it gives some of them a taste of "what they're missing", and only makes them want more. Or some kids want more non-material things, like a decent education, as the majority of Amish communities only provide an 8th grade education and nothing more.
I saw a show, it was 20/20 or something like that, probably 5-6 years ago about these people that run a group to "rescue" Amish teenagers. They run a safe house and help the kids sneak off in the middle of the night, it was almost like an underground railroad for Amish teenagers. It was pretty sad really, not just that these kids felt the only thing to do was sneak away from their families in the middle of the night, but also the trouble they had adjusting to modern society once out of the Amish community.
I think that regardless of what happens in the Amish community, the more that society advances from the way of life the Amish still enjoy, the more they become alienated, the more they ask people to give up to stay there, and the harder it will be to keep people within the fold. I can't really imagine what it must be like to live in that culture, and see all the "advancements" (for better or worse) going on in the world, and not being able to enjoy any of it because that's just the way you were raised. Because at one point in the past your ancestors decided not to take part in any of that.
Intersting comments, SatansFuton. Thank you!
And sorry if I "killed" someone's thread. Not my intent.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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i don't know why but that has me crying laughing
Amish on Amish violence....
lol... that and Johnny Mullet and the Bishops.
if this wasn't on cnn i would've sworn that it was an onion story
Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
Well, it wouldn't be the first time that a major news outlet reported an Onion story as truth...
The Onion taken seriously
Upon occasion, the straight-faced manner in which The Onion reports non-existent happenings has resulted in third parties mistakenly citing The Onion stories as real news.
In 1998, Fred Phelps posted The Onion article "'98 Homosexual-Recruitment Drive Nearing Goal" on his "God Hates Fags" website as "proof" that gay people were indeed actively trying to "recruit" others.
On June 7, 2002, Reuters reported that the Beijing Evening News republished, in the international news page of its June 3 edition, translated portions of the article "Congress Threatens To Leave D.C. Unless New Capitol Is Built". The story discusses the U.S. Congress's threats to leave Washington for Memphis, Tennessee; Charlotte, North Carolina; or even Toronto, Canada unless Washington, D.C. built them a new Capitol building with a retractable dome. The article is a parody of U.S. sports franchises' threats to leave their home city unless new stadiums are built for them. Evening News initially stood by the story, demanding proof of its falsehood. It later retracted the article, responding that "some small American newspapers frequently fabricate offbeat news to trick people into noticing them with the aim of making money."
In late March 2004, Deborah Norville of MSNBC presented as genuine an article titled "Study: 58 Percent Of U.S. Exercise Televised".
In 2006, the Danish television station TV 2 posted a story on the gossip section of its website that took seriously The Onion article titled "Sean Penn Demands To Know What Asshole Took <!-- e --><a href="mailto:SeanPenn@gmail.com">SeanPenn@gmail.com</a><!-- e -->"
An article on Harry Potter inciting children to practice witchcraft was the subject of a widely forwarded email which repeated the quotes attributed to children in the article. Columnist Ellen Makkai and others who believe the Harry Potter books "recruit" children to Satanism have also been taken in by the article, using quotes from it to support their claims.
In September 2009, two Bangladeshi newspapers, The Daily Manab Zamin and The New Nation, published stories translated from The Onion claiming Neil Armstrong had held a news conference claiming the moon landing was an elaborate hoax. Neither realized The Onion was not a genuine news site. Both of the newspapers apologized to their readers for not checking the story.
In October 2009, the Russian news site Russia.ru repackaged clips from The Onion video piece "New Anti-Smoking Ad Warns Teens 'It's Gay to Smoke'" as legitimate news.
In February 2010, among others the online newspapers Il Corriere della Sera (Italy) and Adresseavisen (Norway) repackaged clips from The Onion video piece "Denmark Introduces Harrowing New Tourism Ads Directed By Lars Von Trier" as legitimate news.
In June 2010, the soccer website Sofoot.com (France) mistook for real news the article "Nation's Soccer Fan Becoming Insufferable", picked up the story and translated it partially on their own website under the title "La solitude du supporter ricain" ("The Yankee supporter's loneliness"). The article even ends with a kind word for the fake fan, telling him to be brave and to hang on.
In November 2010, The Fox Nation website, a part of the Fox News network, mistook The Onion's article about President Barack Obama writing a 75,000 word e-mail complaining about America as a genuine report.
In April 2011, the New York Times took an article that was several years old seriously. The article talks about President Obama on the cover of the magazine Tiger Beat with an image of the magazine inside.
The blog Literally Unbelievable (started 2011) showcases posts from Facebook users who take various Onion articles seriously.
In September 2011, United States Capitol Police investigated reports coming from The Onion's Twitter account claiming that US congressmen were holding twelve children hostage.
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ask the amish? :P
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Well, I think the Amish way of life has been dying for quite some time. I think it's hard to live in that kind of bubble and keep away from an ever changing world, and it's especially hard to keep the kids there. In some ways the Amish have let the kids be a little more modern, allowing them to enjoy some of the modern trappings (like sound systems in their buggies, etc) but are expected to give that up when they turn 18 and fully settle into the Amish lifestyle. I think that's a very well-meant gesture, but at the same time it gives some of them a taste of "what they're missing", and only makes them want more. Or some kids want more non-material things, like a decent education, as the majority of Amish communities only provide an 8th grade education and nothing more.
I saw a show, it was 20/20 or something like that, probably 5-6 years ago about these people that run a group to "rescue" Amish teenagers. They run a safe house and help the kids sneak off in the middle of the night, it was almost like an underground railroad for Amish teenagers. It was pretty sad really, not just that these kids felt the only thing to do was sneak away from their families in the middle of the night, but also the trouble they had adjusting to modern society once out of the Amish community.
I think that regardless of what happens in the Amish community, the more that society advances from the way of life the Amish still enjoy, the more they become alienated, the more they ask people to give up to stay there, and the harder it will be to keep people within the fold. I can't really imagine what it must be like to live in that culture, and see all the "advancements" (for better or worse) going on in the world, and not being able to enjoy any of it because that's just the way you were raised. Because at one point in the past your ancestors decided not to take part in any of that.
:P
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And sorry if I "killed" someone's thread. Not my intent.
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