Imprisonment by illiteracy

This is a gross misrepresentation of the Amish based on your own ignorance. Before you go and accuse others of being "uneducated" you might want to educate yourself on exactly who you are accusing. The Amish are actually well educated. They are also not totally isolated and uninformed about the outside world. They read local newspapers and some have even used the Internet, even though they may not have them at home. The purpose of the Amish of not using as much electricity and technology as the rest of the world does is because of their wish not to get caught up with our modern day obsession with consumerism and useless material possessions. Also, living within their own community would naturally create a greater sense of family, bonding, and a sense of belonging with the sharing of common values and beliefs, something our modern world is greatly lacking in. This isn't to say that the Amish are perfect, but your opinion shows a great lack of knowledge of who you are criticizing and shows, instead, the ignorance that comes when one culture misunderstands another culture.
Just because there are a some Amish teenagers that end up making bad decisions and getting mixed up in drug addiction, doesn't mean that is a reflection of Amish society as a whole. If that was a basis on which one could use to criticize an entire way of living then modern western societies such as the United States could easily be condemned and dismissed outright.
Much of the misinformed and prejudiced opinions expressed on this board tells me much about the bias that people hold their own way of living in. People will find anyway to be able to condemn any way of living that isn't pro-consumerist and ultra-liberal.

I agree with you.