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Old March 4, 2009   #67
Worth1
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I don’t think any company, business, organization, or individual should use the words Amish, Mennonite or any other group such as this.

To do so is implying that you are a member of said group and implies honesty and integrity.
It also implies that in some way the product is produced by these people. I have talked to some folks that have found cheap junk furniture sold under the pretence that it was made by the Amish.

This sort of practice disturbs me as I am in acquaintance with the Mennonite leader and his wife here in Bastrop.
They are good folks that don’t push their views on anybody and stay to their selves.
They too own a furniture store and sell the real thing.

Every time I see this thread I get ticked off not that it is here but just because it is a reminder that some folks are riding on the coat tails of others to get ahead or more business.

This sort of practice abhors me to no end.

Now I think I will go buy some sheet rock and take my rage out on some good honest work.

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