Why Why Why Delilah??? Amish "Mullet" clan commits beardicide

[colic2bullsgirlore]

The infamous "Mullet" clan

Samuel Mullet Sr., the domineering leader of a renegade Amish sect, and 15 of his followers were convicted  on Thursday in Cleveland of federal conspiracy and hate crimes for a series of bizarre beard- and hair-cutting attacks last fall that spread fear through the Amish of eastern Ohio.

Attorneys for a group of Amish men and women found guilty of hate crimes for cutting the hair and beards of fellow members of their faith are arguing that the group’s conviction, sentencing and imprisonment in separate facilities across the country violates their constitutional rights and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, according to recent court filings.

The arrest and trial of the Mullet clan was far and away the best religion story of the last couple of years. I mean no disrespect to the victims, who suffered the terrible trauma of a free trim, but the real reason I’m sorry the attacks occurred is because a crime of faith so Pythonesque and preposterous won’t soon be equaled, let alone topped.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/us/jury-convicts-amish-group-of-hate-crimes.html?_r=0

http://moralcompassblog.com/category/amish/

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4786739/amish-leader-jailed-hair-cutting-attacks.html

AN AMISH sect leader has been jailed for 15 years for a series of bizarre beard-cutting attacks in the US.

Samuel Mullet and 15 scissor-wielding followers burst into the homes of other Amish and chopped off victims’ hair and beards.

[*new2vintage]

Lucky you're not with Amish......

[sniper_patrol]

An Amish boy and his father were visiting a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and back together again.
The boy asked his father, "What is this father?" The father responded, "Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is."
While the boy and his father were watching wide-eyed, an old lady limping slightly with a cane slowly walks up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady walks between them and into a small room. The silver walls closed and the boy and his father watched, small circles of light with numbers above the wall light up.
They continued to watch the circles light up in the reverse direction.
The silver walls opened up again and a beautiful 24-year-old woman stepped out.
The father said to his son, "Go get your Mother." 😮

[not_an_eloi]

ha !   want to post a two mennonite joke, but the bp's would get me   B-)

reckons we need a beared smiley  ]:) 

[lakeland27]

fancy the Mulletts thinking they had any idea what a beard or haircut ought to look like. it looks like a hard thing to sell from those mug shots :^O

[Anonymous]

:^O

lol @ Yodas joke.

[the_great_she_elephant]

:^O

lol @ Yodas joke.

:^O Me too.

[serendipityricho]

In the OP pic---are they the victims or the crims?.................Richo.

[lakeland27]

In the OP pic---are they the victims or the crims?.................Richo.

they all look like that since the mullets went out a trimmin' em up .

[serendipityricho]

LL-great to see you take a break from printing

how to vote cards---still a long way to go.

Had another look at that pic-could be the Aust World series of

cricket team from the early 1970s-with W C Grace as 12 man..........Richo.