This is my serious face:
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Originally Posted by debaser
I wasn't speaking of taxes, I was speaking of the other obligations of citizens. They set themselves apart in a completely exclusive society, that is not what this nation is all about. I see no difference between them and the branchdavidionnutsorightwingmilitiamormonseparatistcompounddwellers elsewhere in the country.
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One anecdote does not an argument make. I grew up around the Amish, I played with their children and had a great time. They are a friendly and warm people. And I say again that they simply do not contribute to the nation as a whole in any meaningful way. If they dissapeared tommorrow what would the ramifications be to the US?
I'm sure the Michigan Militia helped somebody change a flat tire once or twice...