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Originally Posted by kerry edwards
Children are pulled into it before they have a chance to think for themselves. I wouldn't see it as a problem if their kids were required to grow up, leave the town, go to college, experience the world, then come back and see if they want to hook up with some ugly fat, perverted authoritarian bastard.
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Aside from the ugly, fat, perverted authoritarian bastard part, I believe that's how it frequently (usually?) works among the Amish. Amish teenagers are permitted, if not encouraged, to go out and live in "the world" for a while to sow their wild oats and get some perspective. Apparently the return rate is high enough that the community maintains itself, and those that return don't have to wonder what they're missing.