Amish sue US government for 'mark of the Beast' on livestock »
Posted By ameliog 11 months, 4 weeks ago in Religion
Amish farmers are to sue the US government on the grounds that plans to put electronic identity tags on livestock constitute imposing the "mark of the Beast".
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HMMace11 months, 3 weeks ago
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THE AMISH SHOULD THANK US FOR ALLOWING THEM TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY..
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I SEE NO REASON TO ALLOW THEM TO GET WAY WITH OUT SERVING THIS COUNTRY--THEY BENEFIT FROM FREEDOM GIVEN TO THEM BY THE DEATH OF OUR AMERICAN SERVICEMEN...
NO ONE WANTS TO GO TO WAR, AND KILL, OR GET KILLED..
AS I SEE IT--COUNTRY COMES BEFORE RELIGION..WITH OUT FREEDOM--THEY COULD HAVE NO RELIGION..
YOU GET TO READ YOUR "GOOD" BOOK--AFTER YOU SECURE THE COUNTRY...-
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antibrainwasher11 months, 3 weeks ago
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Totally correct. The amish are a cult, much like the mormans, who intermarry their cousins and are completely insane, and use their religion to avoid military service, like the cowards Dick Cheney and Drug Lamebaugh used lies to avoid service. Drug Lamebaugh used the excuse that he had a bleeding anal cyst, (the type caused by receptive anal sex) to avoid the military service.
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The amish are crazy as a compound of pedophile poligomist Mormons. Who give a freak what that cult wants. If they exist in society, and benifit from that, they they don't have the right to violate the public good, no matter what their insane version of the afterlife is. No matter if they are santifying inbreeding.
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Georgia5011 months, 3 weeks ago
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I don't think the bible said anything about the "mark of the beast" on livestock. We all have a vested interest in tracking beef (and all meat and seafood products) forward to consumption and backward to birth. If the Amish want to benefit from America's vast network of livestock raising, beef production, distribution, transportation, and retailing, then they need to buck up. I hardly think a marker on livestock is going to upset God any more than the vast number of Amish barns decorated with hex signs.
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If this is about meat raised and consumed on the family farm, then I think a family should be able to opt out.
I'm not a big government guy in principle, but I think this is an area where the government has to maintain a reliable feedstock supply and ensure edible foodstuffs for everyone. Even with marking beef, there's still so much that can go wrong and result in human tragedy. We at least need the ability to rapidly assess and arrest outbreaks when they occur.
That said, the case at hand involves RFID vs. manual tagging. I can't see the Amish going with anything that involves an electronic device inasmush as they're opposed to the use of anything on the grid. Michigan probably wants the convenience of updating records as cattle are processed en masse without having to manually check each animal. RFID would certainly make a hard job effortless--and much more reliable.
Advantage, Amish. I give 'em 3:1 odds they'll prevail on this one since the state can accomplish its goals via manual tagging.
Here's a suggestion. Channel the Amish herds to one or two places in Michigan where they can sell their beef. Then reserve jobs there for the loser state workers that need to be sent somewhere....let the slackers ID the tags on each animal. They'll feel challenged and the cattle won't feel so stupid in comparison.
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