A different way of life
The Amish are a religious community who live in United States of America. We say that they are different because they do not want any link with technology. Some of them are more radicals than others but most of them do not use the phone, the electricity or even cars as shown in the text « These old order groups do not own or operate automobiles ». They prefer using horses or buggies because they believe it can keep them from being close to God. I do not really agree with the fact that they follow every single thing written in the Bible. To me, it means that they do not have their own opinions and it is like they were following something without trying to understand that they should evolute with technologies. However I find very touchy and sweet the fact that they love their family that they all work together and help each other. If we have a look at our world, we will rarely see this kind of behavior especially with foreigners or neighbors we are not familiar with.
The thing I found the most interesting and the scariest at the same time is the fact that they live without any technology. In my mind it is something impossible, but surely because I have grown with all these new things coming up every year, every month. I guess they do not go outside their village so they may not realize how our world grows but it is quite intriguing to see that some people are still capable to live in these conditions. They are able to live without a car with is the most important thing to me, I cannot go anywhere without using it, but if I deeply think about my life it is true that it would be better for me to walk or maybe use horses instead.
As we can see in the video, a group of people, probably an Amish from another area of the town attacked another Amish community. This group decided to cut hair and beards off of some men and women which is a symbol for the community. They usually grow the beard once they get married and the women must leave the hair growing. No reason has been mentioned for this attack but it is quite cruel. However a man had been arrested but as he has denied any involvement in the attack, he was released.
