I remember a scene in Witness where two Amish elders discuss Harrison Ford’s character being a cop under cover, and one of the elders puffs a corncob pipe.
That seems out of character to what I percieve to be an ultra-orthodox religeous group.
Is there a religeous/cultural prohibition to tobacco in Amish culture?
They sell cigars, with cute pictures of Amish elders puffing away. On the other hand, they also sell computer hutches…
Here is an interesting article on the topic.
Well, considering that they are tobacco farmers… :rolleyes:
It’s perfectly possible to grow a crop or manufacture a product without ever using it yourself. Put your rolleyes away.
Yes, that’s standard business philosophy for successful drug dealers, thus, :rolleyes:
Tabacco farming is a very hands-on practice. The niccotine is absorbed through the skin. In order to prevent this you need to wear gloves. Drying the tobacco also involves dust which can be inhaled (respirator).
The long and the short is that growing tobacco (unlike growing coca or making crystal meth) involves (usually) the intake of the drug.
Or this is what my father who put himself through college working tobacco told me.
This is citable.
It’s worse than you think.
A good budy of mine does documentaries here in the twin cities. He did a piece on some of the amish that live up here and was invited to one of their homes for an interview. When he got there he swore to me they served him Nacho Doritos. Im sure they do alot of things that go against their belief. Its all in the interpretation.
Why would nacho Doritos be against Amish practices?
Heck, you can see 'em in the McDonald’s next to Union Station in Chicago.
I think the perceptual problem here might come more from a lack of information about their practices than anything else.
So… any Amish dopers want to chime in and set us straight?
…hello?
You might have to wait a little while. CPIP (Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol) is a little slow.
Amish smoke - I’m not amish but I know that they do.
Also - there’s a great documentary on Rumspringa, the time when Amish teens turn 16 and are set off into the “english” world and can drive cars, smoke, drink, do drugs, and then decide if they want to continue to be Amish or leave the faith.
It’s called Devil’s Playground.
http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60026445&trkid=73
But google uses pigeons and they seem to work very fast. 