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  Victoria, Australia: FYI-Far reaching ramifications of the criminal indictment of the GB

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  fyi: the following material that im providing comes from a source in australia, an xjw who is now monitoring the case and will provide feedback, comments, and opinions.

  barbara.

  the governing body of jehovah's witnesses was recently summoned to appear in the magistrates' court of victoria on september 13, 2011 in relation to a number of indictable criminal offences allegedly committed.

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  Mattieu

  Hi Barb, great work as usual!

  Its lunchtime here in Melbourne on the 13th, no news from the media outlets here. I have done a fairly thorough search of the court listings both criminal & civil for the Magaistrates court here and come up with no mention of jw's/gb or gb members by name. Unless its being held in one of the Magistrates courts somewhere in the coutryside, nothing of note here in the City.

  Just a correction though Barb, we lost our Commisioner of Police a while back due to poolitical reasons, nothing to do with the working with children issue at all. It was a grubby political/media hatchet job that was 2 years in the making.

  If there is a court listing/case, rest assured the aptly named Aussie bethel representative br Toole will be in attendance...

  Cheers, Matt.
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  Poor Smurfs....

  by Mattieu in

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  2. friends

  apart from being demonised, they are also meant to be anti-semitic...... http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/outrage-as-smurfs-called-racist-20110606-1foom.html.

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  Apart from being demonised, they are also meant to be anti-Semitic.....

  http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/outrage-as-smurfs-called-racist-20110606-1foom.html
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  Worlds Apart movie on SBS1 @ 10:05 ...25 / 5 / 11

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those who have missed the danish movie about a" coming of age" witness girl and her subsequent problems that follow,the movie will be shown this coming wednesday night on victorian tv aust.. if you haven`t seen it i would recommend it.

  it really hits home about the shunning of baptized family members.

  smiddy..

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  Mattieu

  Thx Smiddy, will be watching!
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  How many received the memorial invitation?

  by IMHO in

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  2. friends

  how well is this territory being covered?.

  how many on here (active jws excluded) received an invitation?.

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  Mattieu

  Not one, despite a long history as a JW, wouldn’t matter though as I had the best excuse - I’m in China for work at the moment, aint no memorial here!!! Too much pollution to see the moon at night, they will be having a glass of wine and crackers tonight at the Karaoke bar! Cheers, Mattieu...
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  JW-media Nearly 1,000 conscientious objectors serving in South Korea’s prisons

  by darth frosty in

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  2. friends

  i cant believ they have the friggin nerve to put this in writing?!?

  how man brothers went to jail viet nam instead of doing alternative service at the $ocieties direction?!?.

  http://www.jw-media.org/kor/20110214.htm.

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  Mattieu

  I will never forget when I toured bethel in South Korea, they have a section where they display pictures (in a shrine like way) of the poor Men (brothers) who have died in prison (beatings from other prisoners and mistreatment from prison guards) due to being conscientious objectors. The Borg has blood on their hands.... Makes me feel sick.....
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  The Worlds Most Livable Cities

  by finallysomepride in

  1. jw
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  it's that time of year again & it looks like canada & australia are winners.

  1. vancouver, canada (make simon happy).

  2. melbourne, australia.

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  Mattieu

  Hello & welcome maksym, you are arriving in Melb just before Winter, will make you appreciate your 1st Aussie Summer later in the year...

  And plenty of Americans living down under, so you will blend in with no worries... Let me know when you land and I will shout you a drink.

  Cheers, Matt.
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  Earthquake in N.Z.

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i guess the witnesses are rejoicing over the death and destruction of the latest earthquake in n.z.as proof of the imminent coming of armageddon,and their deliverance into the "new world system of things" i can just see it now ,the kh`s in nz will be filled to overflowing in the next month,......then in six months later it will be back to the status quo.. p.s when jesus said their would be" earthquakes in one place after another" couldn`t he have identified these areas for the faithfull ?

  so at least beleivers would have been spared the trauma ?

  of course non beleivers would have suffered the consequences,but why should beleivers suffer also ?.

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  Wow, watching live feeds from NZTV & TV3, shocking.... I remember from the last earthquake that Black Sheep said he isnt near Christchurch. 65 dead, though really I think they are expecting that to rise to 300, so sad. Thoughts are with our Tasman cousins...
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  The Worlds Most Livable Cities

  by finallysomepride in

  1. jw
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  it's that time of year again & it looks like canada & australia are winners.

  1. vancouver, canada (make simon happy).

  2. melbourne, australia.

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  Mattieu

  Hi BP, hugs right back at you Yeah that drive back from QLD in January resulted in a few detours and alien abductions in more ways than 1! Gotta log in here more often.....
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  The Worlds Most Livable Cities

  by finallysomepride in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's that time of year again & it looks like canada & australia are winners.

  1. vancouver, canada (make simon happy).

  2. melbourne, australia.

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  Mattieu

  So I saw on the news re the Fevola story. Great pics of Brissy on the news when doing a live cross this morning, yet on the 6PM News, looked like a live cross to a rain forest storm in South America!
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  The Worlds Most Livable Cities

  by finallysomepride in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's that time of year again & it looks like canada & australia are winners.

  1. vancouver, canada (make simon happy).

  2. melbourne, australia.

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  Mattieu

  FSP - Nope, about Melbourne, most of Crowded House songs were written about/inspired of Melbourne suburbs - St Kilda, Sth Yarra (where I used to see Neil Finn a fair bit), Elwood....

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Seasons_in_One_Day

  And hey, enjoyed your clip on the cool card trick as well........ From the funniest Comedy Festival in the world!

  Cheers, Matty