This kind of thing must be stopped

If only there were laws to control and register them, acts like this would never occur:


Four Men Charged in Bizarre Attacks











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I am strongly against any form of "Scissor Control".
Scissors don't cut hair. PEOPLE cut hair!

From a 'Marksman Barber', as registered with the National Scissors Association.

 

Well played, my friend.

 

Could you imagine trying to pick the perpetrators out of a lineup??

 

I suppose it would depend on who else was in the lineup. I am not sure what the rule is about Amish participating in a lineup, but it would surely make it difficult if they don't.

....Let's see, I'll rule out the two with the tats, the one with the shaved head, the guy wearing the Metallica t-shirt, and the three wearing shorts and go with the four guys wearing suspenders, bowl haircuts and beards.....

In all seriousness, I grew up amongst the Amish, we have a large Amish population in my part of my state, and I've never heard of such a thing happening. I've never even heard of any the local Amish being arrested for anything. Ever. This is bizarre.

 

well, thinking about your avatar's haircut a crew cut comes to my mind.

 

Here in Montana I don't know of any Amish groups, there may be some but I'm unaware of any. We have other off-shoots of the Anabaptist though, mostly the Hutterites, and a couple of Mennonite colonies. I think there are about 50 or 60 Hutterite colonies spread around the state, but the Mennonites are only in a couple of places, like the far northeast and northwest.

I have never heard of any of those groups getting in trouble with the law either, other than driving infractions, they don't drive horse drawn units like the Amish, but they also don't buy any cars. Their trucks and SUVs however are always "top of the line" models. The Hutterites are also top of the mark on both farm equipment and practices, not all "horse power" like the Amish, they also use phones and most every other modern convenience with the possible exception of television.

That "hair cutting" attack is unique to my recollection as well.

 

Yeah, thats one awesome fro...

 

Hair cutting as a way of attack has historical precedents with Indian Sekes (SP?) and Chinese...And further back..even the Vikings! AAAargghhhg!

 

Religious zealots hairassing others...nothing new here.

 

It was always my understanding that shunning was the form of penance members of the order were made endure for transgressions - which is probably much more painful and certainly much more prolonged, when you think about it. But I am surprised at what amounts to an act of violence here. And breaking into someone's home and attacking them, even in this way, had to have been frightening even if they did not physically harm them. (Although the intention was psychological harm and I am sure it did that.) I've never heard of it happening here, but I am sure the different sects do things differently.

 

The criminals might have only gotten probation and a few style points, if they had just used pinking sheers...
Now, with my trusty pinking sheers in hand, I am picturing Slipdigit's avatar sporting a Bart Simpson butch-waxed crew cut and a dye-job ala Dennis Rodman.