Kill those nasty microbes with high-proof alcohol.

I do miss having the room and equipment to metalwork. You can make some fun flatware with those spikes, though.

She goes out of her way to mention that the teeth are still sharp to use for shredding food..... which would have to mean no actual forging, because so actual hammerblows. It would mean she just cut them into rough knife shape with her cutting tool of choice, and then ground them into their final form. Then charged…

Is she just cutting out and grinding horseshoe rasps? I mean, the handles are pretty, but where is the actual forging?It doesn't take much to set up a brake drum forge and hammer out some leaf spring knives, but if you are just cutting and grinding rasps....

The point was, for many it is not some dogma based absolute. It's about getting sucked into conveniences that aren't necessary (in their eyes) for a fulfilling life and service in their faith. Hence, unless it is something like medical care, or the cell phone/equipment required to be able to support yourself…

I had it done at 19 for medical reasons. It went from being untouchably sensitive to a bit above lip-level sensitivity. Can't tell you much more over that. I'm glad I had it done, it made sex actually possible. On the reduction in sensitivity, I can't really comment beyond that. It's not really as big a deal as people…

Oh my! A relative lived near them! Excuse me!

Because you haven't attempted to discover the reasons behind their aversion to some conveniences, treat them as monolithic, and write off the whole thing as "you don't use modern technology". It's not nearly that simple. A lot of amish communities use modern medical care, own cellphones for business transactions, and…

...but it's not presented in an alluring way, if they shot it like they said. Cold, clinical, alien is what they were going for . Treating someone's sexuality in such a flat, bland way completely desexes it. It's the difference between a porno and an education film on reproductive health.

Out of Star's and Stripes own publication. Marines are off the chart with disrespecting female comrades.

How was the entire first paragraph relevant except to INVITE people to comment on your practices, if you really didn't want to discuss them?

Dude. Everyone KNOWS what a frock is. Everyone.

Again; Why? Were people driving them to extinction, was there a major outbreak of some kind of disease?

Why the hell would tortoises be illegal?

On the flipside, there is also such a drive to canonize those involved, and diffuse blame outwardly, across more and more actors, until you arrive at "Well, It's really SOCIETY'S fault, if you think about it, not any of these other directly involved parties." Heck, it's even the defence the parent's will probably even…

Are we ignoring the fact that a kid was abused to death right under their noses? This isn't just an "oh well, that sort of thing can't be predicted or prevented" situation.