LOL!!@GLTB!!..
The sad thing is Forest Gump is a Fictional Character..
JW`s are real..7 Million Forest Gumps..
Waiting on Jehovah..
What are you doing here?.. I`ve been sitting here for years..
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RUSSIA: No ban - 'Watchtower' major income source of GB
by bats in the belfry 17 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Yan Bibiyan
Based on what I know about Russian (and in general, post-socialist society) courts, BELEIVE ME there have been MASSIVE "private donations" and green handshakes to the parties having an influence to the hearing's outcome.
I can bet my last penny that the court was bought!
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wha happened?
So it is, just about the money
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iamwhoiam
Nothing is "Given Away" by the WBT$..
JW`s pay for everything..
Try not paying the JW Congregation WBT$ Literature Bill..
The WBT$ will cut off further delivery until the WBT$ Literature Bill is paid..
Period..
Wait a second..are you serious? There is a congregation WBTS literature bill? Is there any official docs stating this? If this is true..why have I never heard of this?
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Band on the Run
The article doesn't go into an in-depth explanation of why JWs being international and not solely Russian is important. A court doesn't have enforcement power. It needs the power of the state. The court wondered whether it had the judicial power to ban JWs. One argument is that a Russian ban only bans the work in Russia. It seems as though there was some acknowledgement that portions of the WT and Awake were "extreme." Clearly, the court did not find the majority of the WT extreme.
I wish we had the full opinion. It would be interesting to see what is 'extreme' to a Russian court.
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Aussie Oz
They said the ban on their publications was unlawful because the publications were the major sources of revenue for the organization. Banning the publications violated their rights to pursue their core activities as an organization.
And there you have it, from the horses mouth... PUBLICATIONS REVENUE CORE ACTIVITY.
Oz
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blondie
Russian court revokes ban on Awake! and The Watchtower magazines
Posted Nov 18, 2011 by JohnThomas Didymus A Russian watchdog agency is contesting a court judgment reversing its ban on distribution of Awake! and The Watchtower magazines published by the Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia.
According to report by the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI), the Russian watchdog organization, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, on April 6, 2010, banned distribution of both magazines and withdrew distribution license issued to the Jehovah's Witnesses by the State Committee for the Press in 1997. The Russian watchdog organization said it took the decision because previous court judgments had said both publications of the Jehovah's Witnesses were "extremist." The Jehovah's Witnesses contested the order in a Moscow Commercial court. They said the ban on their publications was unlawful because the publications were the major sources of revenue for the organization. Banning the publications violated their rights to pursue their core activities as an organization. The court overturned the agency's ban on circulation of the publications, saying that the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses is worldwide and thus not subject to Russian law.The court also held that it was unlawful for the organization to prohibit distribution of all copies and editions of the magazines simply because certain portions of some editions were found to contain "extremist" material. In September, British police investigated claims of religious hatred stemming from the magazines. The New York Review of Magazines in 2010, voted The Watchtower magazine the most widely distributed magazine in the world. The review said that nearly 40 million copies of The Watchtower are printed in more than 180 languages in 236 countries with a circulation of 25 million. The Watchtower was placed ahead of AARP The Magazine (24.3 million) and Better Homes and Gardens (7.6 million). Dan Patterson Watchtower and Awake magazines.
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Band on the Run
I would have thought Vogue or Vanity Fair. Would an Internet translator enable me to read the "extreme" articles? I would so much want to know what is "extreme" in Russian thought? heck, it is a publishing company more than a religion.
