http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48320 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:41:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48320#post-139516 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:23:54 +0000 godly1966 139516@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Any excuse to watch this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48320#post-139515 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:22:12 +0000 waylandsmithy 139515@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>If the Amish were bothered, I'm sure they'd have logged on by now and complained.</p> <p>Oh, hang on... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48320#post-139513 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:12:35 +0000 Anonymous 139513@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Racist? Against a religion? I would call it mild bigotry (if I had to call it anything) not racist. </p> <p> Should I make one of them from Pakistan to appease you? </p> <p>Maybe they could burn down his "corner shop/barn"? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48320#post-139423 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:19:07 +0000 Squudge 139423@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Have to agree with Tripod </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48320#post-139420 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:01:25 +0000 notoracism 139420@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>This is racist against a religion and not funny. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48320#post-139394 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:13:19 +0000 Drylaw 139394@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>That Witness must have been on the telly a million times. I could be wrong. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48320#post-139107 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:31:05 +0000 FlashArry 139107@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The more I read this, the better it gets. especially like the image of a non-confrontational, pacifist call to fight back issued in an obscure german dialect through a beard you could keep goats in. Nice. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48320#post-139063 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:51:11 +0000 Tripod 139063@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hard to imagine a man called Balls holding a position of influence, but never mind. Back to work, Jerome; that barn won't raise itself... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48320#post-139060 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:35:09 +0000 Anonymous 139060@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A midnight screening of the 1985 American thriller film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis, Witness, has ignited scenes of violence and rioting throughout the Amish community in various locations across the United States.</p> <p>The movie, which focuses on a detective protecting a young Amish boy who becomes the target of a ruthless killer after he witnesses a murder in Philadelphia, is claimed to “belittle” and “insult” the Amish community, according to Amish spokesman Jerome Balls, who also attacked the “stereotypes” of the characters portrayed in the movie. </p> <p>The film, which was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two, for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing, was screened at a theater in Baltimore.</p> <p>Balls has called for Amish people “to rise up” and to “fight back”. </p> <p>Clouds of smoke from burning potpourri wafted over the hulks of carriages and buggies, which had been parked defiantly but legally in allotted spaces across farms and once tranquil communities Wednesday as hundreds of demonstrators shook their heads and muttered their annoyance and their displeasure. </p> <p>One man even threatening to shave his wife’s legs if another screening occurred. </p> <p>The demonstrators threw nasty glances at police and chanted, "This is darn unacceptable.”</p> <p>At least 1 horse defecated in a public place, according to media reports, after he became agitated due to the thronging crowds however, according to police, this manure was quickly cleared from the highway by the offending horse’s conscientious owner. </p>