Hello Dale.

08 May 06 22:56, you wrote to me:
 DS>> It is part of their religion to avoid modern mechanical devices.

 MVDV>> You will find religeous fanatics everywhere, but I think they
 MVDV>> should not be entitled to call themselves "Dutch". ;-)

 DS>   The Amish are not the ones who call it Dutch Country -- it was the
 DS>   English who corrupted the word Deutsch (i.e. German).

Ok. Still I object to the association. ;-)

 DS> The Amish are not exactly what I would call religious fanatics,

I would. Rejecting modern technology for reasons of religioN amounts to
fanatism in my book.

 DS> but they do certainly have a way of life out of the modern
 DS> mainstream.

we have people here who reFuse to have their children vaccinated for
regIgious reasons. That too is fanatism in my perception.

Michiel

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