"The Amish feel very strongly that unless you forgive, you won't be forgiven," said Stephen Scott of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.
The grieving families will select the white dresses, capes and aprons that will be their children's final clothing, while community members lean on the scriptures that govern their lives. The belief is "there is a larger picture that is all according to a divine plan, whether we as humans can understand it or not," said Scott, who has written extensively on Amish culture.
Five other murders in nearby Philadelphia, of course, will not get this much publicity.
Similarly, all the kerfluffle about a gay congressman propositioning an almost adult page has allowed the press to ignore that the spin of the scurity paper last week ignored a lot of what was in the paper, and a lot that was not even covered by the paper. LINK
A few key quotes:"United States-led counterterrorism efforts have seriously damaged the leadership of al-Qa’ida and disrupted its operations; however, we judge that al-Qa’ida will continue to pose the greatest threat to the Homeland and US interests abroad by a single terrorist organization. We also assess that the global jihadist movement—which includes al- Qa’ida, affiliated and independent terrorist groups, and emerging networks and cells—is spreading and adapting to counterterrorism efforts.
And remember the Anthrax attacks?
MindinaoNewsBlog has picked up a report that they had a Philippine link. Rumor? True? Who knows, but interesting.
But finally, the REALLY important news of the day: The IgNoble prizes are out, and the winner is:
Why do feet stink?
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