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Gerald
09-20-12, 02:30 PM
Members of an Amish breakaway group have been found guilty of hate crimes for forcibly cutting the beards and hair of community members.

The leader of the group, Samuel Mullet, has also been convicted of planning the five attacks last year in eastern Ohio.

They all face 10 years or more in jail over the incidents, prompted by a dispute over religious differences.

Prosecutors said the victims' hair was cut because it has spiritual significance in the Amish faith.

Defence lawyers admitted the attacks did take place, but argued they did not amount to hate crimes.

The hair-cutting incidents were internal family disputes, they argued.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19669950

Note: 20 September 2012 Last updated at 19:08 GMT
Aviv
09-20-12, 02:33 PM
Ohh I actually heard three guys talking about this in a bar I was at a few weeks ago. I don't understand how it can be a hate crime if the hair has significance for them ( the amish) only.
AVGWarhawk
09-20-12, 02:34 PM
Apparently over religious difference spurned the cutting of the beards of others. This is considered a hate crime.
Fubar2Niner
09-20-12, 05:05 PM
Hmmmmmmmmm........... Mullet you say?

http://gi251.photobucket.com/groups/gg293/20LU8456ES/Mullet.jpg
Jimbuna
09-20-12, 06:00 PM
Hmmmmmmmmm........... Mullet you say?

http://gi251.photobucket.com/groups/gg293/20LU8456ES/Mullet.jpg


:har:
Gargamel
09-20-12, 09:42 PM
Good


I live in the area and know quite a few Amish here. They have their justice.


Ohh I actually heard three guys talking about this in a bar I was at a few weeks ago. I don't understand how it can be a hate crime if the hair has significance for them ( the amish) only.

That's the whole point of a hate crime.

So, if a bunch of non Christians started burning crosses, it's not a hate crime?

Imagine the most offensive thing you could do to a Jew (making the broad assumption since your from Israel, just playing the odds here), even though it is only offensive to you, it's still a hate crime.
_dgn_
09-22-12, 10:51 AM
Hate crime ?

Should it be considered that the other criminals make their acts with LOVE ?
Skybird
09-22-12, 11:08 AM
Six boys in a room, and one lets go a fart, afterwards asking: "Who was that?"