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by agnesdeo June 23, 2011 3:51 PM EDT
Amish, I hear that they do it religiously. :?)
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by agnesdeo June 23, 2011 3:51 PM EDT
Amish, I hear that they do it religiously. :?)
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by djseavy June 23, 2011 11:07 AM EDT
Unfortunately, young girls know that they won't be prosecuted for being involved. Instead, they are branded "victims." They know perfectly well what they're doing (go on facebook or any other social site and you'll see what I mean.) Therapists go nuts over these cases, because the girl will most certainly require years of "healing." What a bunch of bunk. They'll deliberately set up someone then run for cover under the title of victim. It makes me sick, because there are true victims that can't get their day in court because it's jammed with cases like this. At least he was going outside his clan - incest in the Amish community is rampant. I think he wanted something that didn't have his own DNA involved.
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by rf35 June 22, 2011 5:05 PM EDT
I didn't realize that cell phones were allowed by the Amish. Do they use land line phones in their homes? If so then I guess it makes sense.

I doubt the girl let on that she was a minor. If she did, shame on him. Maybe. Are 12 year olds okay in Amish tradition? I really don't know. Maybe he wasn't doing anything unusual based on his upbringing. I think it more likely the little skank was leading him on, though. Also, how did this get to 600 messages before the mom found out something was wrong. Isn't it a parent's responsibility to keep an eye on who/what their child is texting? I'd consider charging the parents with child abuse or at least neglect.
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by Valhalla0907 June 22, 2011 2:09 PM EDT
The Mennonite kids in Kentucky used battery operated cell phones, and battery operated jam systems in the back of their horse drawn buggies. The lifestyle choice is nothing like the cliche we see in popular culture. They are not stupid.
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by wlhoppers June 22, 2011 1:56 PM EDT
I think the 12 year old is just as much to blame as the guy is. She accepted more than 600 sexts from him. She didn't go to her mom about it - her mom discovered the sexts.

And I don't think he did know he was trying to hook up with a 12-year old. I really, really don't like what he did, but I think both he and the girl are equally to blame and I think this was entrapment.

I do not in any way support what he did but I don't think he's the only guilty party here.
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by Debutopia June 22, 2011 1:25 PM EDT
And now he's won an award: http://debutopia.blogspot.com/2011/06/2011-weenie-awards.html#more
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by titocordero June 22, 2011 12:14 PM EDT
Ain't that a bit@! An Amish man sexting on a cell phone. Sounds like the beginning of a bar joke. What's next.....HONEST POLITICIANS??!!
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by credibility2 June 22, 2011 10:28 AM EDT
Interesting that the Amish were believed not to rely on technology and its devices such as this. Perhaps this guy wasn't that devout in upholding the tenets of his faith and sect.
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by Birdman04 June 22, 2011 10:22 AM EDT
I'm betting the Catholics are tickled to death it wasn't one of their own.
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