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by LevelThePlayingField 2 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  LevelThePlayingField

  http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/25/us-singapore-censorship-idUSKBN0TE19320151125#p8J4iosvUyQyZiq6.97
  

  Singapore slashes publication bans, but not for Jehovah's Witnesses
  

  Strait-laced Singapore has slashed the number of publications it bans to 17 from a previous 257, allowing some communist and adult topics, but kept a prohibition on Jehovah's Witnesses publications.

  Newly permitted books include "Fanny Hill", a British novel published in 1748 said to be the first erotic novel in English, and "The Long March", a Chinese communist history.

  A number of the de-gazetted publications were out of print or were permissible under today's content standards, the Media Development Authority said in an emailed statement explaining the changes.

  Adult magazines such as Playboy, Penthouse and Hustler remain banned, as are publications by the Jehovah's Witnesses Church produced by its Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and the International Bible Students Association.

  The church's publications sit in the banned list alongside "hardcore pornographic publications" that "depict female models in sexually suggestive poses and their genitals", the government agency said.

  Singapore deregistered the Jehovah’s Witnesses and banned its publications in 1972 because the church objects to serving National Service in the military or singing national anthems.

  
  Read more at Reutershttp://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/25/us-singapore-censorship-idUSKBN0TE19320151125#KeoWgUfeCfsjUSvm.99
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  Listener

  Thanks for sharing TheLevelPlayingField.

  Singapore is a lovely country and probably stands out as the Jewel of all the Asian Countries and more advanced than my own Country, Australia. We felt safer there than at home. As a holiday destination it offers a great deal and we have visited numerous times,

  They are very protective of their society and have many laws with this in mind. One of their funniest is that you cannot eat chewing gum but probably not so funny when you see how clean most places are. It's a real pleasure to wander around, even amongst the tall buildings.

  In recent years they have built two Casinos but the residents are discouraged from visiting them. They are charged approximately $71USD per day for attending. In Malaysia, their neighbour, it is illegal for a Muslim to even enter a Casino, I am not sure about the laws in Singapore.

  Several years ago it was amusing to watch an elderly couple making themselves comfortable under a big shady tree in a park and listen to what sounded like a recorded JW convention. This was before JW org TV. I gather it wasn't illegal to have these taped recordings of meetings. I guess it was this couples way of giving a public witnessing or possibly just more pleasant than sitting at home in a small confined area.
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  bats in the belfry

  Cool Running:

  The church's publications sit in the banned list alongside "hardcore pornographic publications" that "depict female models in sexually suggestive poses and their genitals", the government agency said.