Anyone watching Larry King?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

They just gotta tell them ladies to take a good look in the mirror to understand why the kids are better off away from them. I mean, c'mon. This ain't the 15th century. Hard to imagine that such freaks still exist in this day and age.

[Peikko 1,575]

The Amish society doesn't look anything like the rest of the modern American world and yet there is nothing within that society that is 'abusive' as far as I am aware. It's not what they look like that can be considered problematic. However, a closed society that allows for multiple wives, physical abusive punishments and sexual contact between children and adults is not one that can be allowed to flourish regardless of whether it can be considered a 'religion' or not.

However, having said that it appears that if this court challenge is successful, the children will be separated from their siblings as well as both sets of parents and placed in foster care. Sadly, the foster care situation in Texas is tragic already with many foster children being also subject to abuse. This has the makings of a terrible tragedy for over 400 children.

It looks like a lose/lose situation at the moment to me. How terribly sad.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I missed this --- that's what happens when you do not watch CNN.

Edited April 17, 2008 by Len_and_Bren

[Peikko 1,575]

I didn't watch the program, but I have read a bit in the online newpapers.

[Heracles 417]

Those freak a$$ wives from the Yearning for Zion Ranch raid.

They are like robots.

So scripted and insane.

"Our soul purpose is to get our children back"

Over and over and over again.

OMG so freakish.

I saw that. What is wrong with those people. Cults like that cannot seriously be allowed to hide under freedom of religion. And if they can the law needs to change. Freedom of religion should mean freedom to practice, or not, as one pleases. But not freedom to buy 100 of acres of land, create your own town, block the rest of the country from entering and then do as a few people pleases.

The Amish society doesn't look anything like the rest of the modern American world and yet there is nothing within that society that is 'abusive' as far as I am aware.

The Amish are old school but not freakish. Big difference between them and the freaks crying on TV.

[Peikko 1,575]

Who said there wasn't a big difference? My point was clear and related to Big Dog's 'they only have to look in the mirror' assertion. It is not the way these women dress and adorn themselves that is the problem.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

These people have been around almost as long as the Amish - they live in remote areas that are pretty cut off. I doubt they know much different.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I didn't watch the program, but I have read a bit in the online newpapers.

I did too sister PH, but I loooooooooooooooove good drama on TV

[Heracles 417]

Who said there wasn't a big difference? My point was clear and related to Big Dog's 'they only have to look in the mirror' assertion. It is not the way these women dress and adorn themselves that is the problem.

yes it is. They are freaks. I don't know what is worse though. Your liberal shower once a weak, think everyone else is stupid, drug ######, NYC living freaks or these guys..

Edited April 17, 2008 by Boo-Yah!

[Peikko 1,575]

You appear to be accusing me of being a dirty condescending a drug addict. Nice.

You also appear to feel it's ok to judge people on the way they look. Even nicer.

[Heracles 417]

You appear to be accusing me of being a dirty condescending a drug addict. Nice.

You also appear to feel it's ok to judge people on the way they look. Even nicer.

Well i don't know if you are a NYC hippie liberal.

At least I hate them both equally..

Edited April 17, 2008 by Boo-Yah!

[nane1104 146]

i watched a little of it. i felt they were saying the same things over and over...we want our childern...they belong with their mothers too. even the way they talked was the same. the same voice. the same way they pronounced words.

my husband kept saying thats not right..america is supose to be a free country. they are not bothering anyone.

i still havent heard why they are keeping the children? i know they are hunting lawyers for them but why?

Because they are practicing polygamy and that is against the law.

Why they are keeping them from their mothers, I'm not sure...I believe they feel there is abuse there.

15 year old kids getting impregnated by 50 year old men...that's gotta be the reason there.

It's pretty simple why they are keeping the children from the mothers- because they were mostly knowing about the abuses and they just looked away and put it "in Gods Hands". I don't care if they really believe what was going on there was right or not.

Children are getting taken away from their families every day and often only one parent was abusive. But if the other parent knew about it and didn't intervene, they are just as guilty.

This is just getting so uch attention because of the high numbers of children removed.

And oh yeah? Where are those so called "men"? Head of the household? Protector of the family? I don't see any of them fighting for their children. To me that speaks volumes!!

[Peikko 1,575]

How are women who are in an abusive situation themselves, cut off from society supposed to object to abuses exactly? Particularly when most of them were also 'born into' this situation and have been fed the line that this kind of behaviour is not only normal but brings them closer to god?

[Heracles 417]

It's pretty simple why they are keeping the children from the mothers- because they were mostly knowing about the abuses and they just looked away and put it "in Gods Hands". I don't care if they really believe what was going on there was right or not.

Children are getting taken away from their families every day and often only one parent was abusive. But if the other parent knew about it and didn't intervene, they are just as guilty.

This is just getting so uch attention because of the high numbers of children removed.

And oh yeah? Where are those so called "men"? Head of the household? Protector of the family? I don't see any of them fighting for their children. To me that speaks volumes!!

Very good point. I think Bin Laden has a better understanding of God than these clowns.

[Heracles 417]

How are women who are in an abusive situation themselves, cut off from society supposed to object to abuses exactly? Particularly when most of them were also 'born into' this situation and have been fed the line that this kind of behaviour is not only normal but brings them closer to god?

Well it is up to the government to stop this from happening. This is the United States of America and their community needs to be reminded, with force if necessary, that they are part of it.