Posts by Chaserious

a us senator thinks a law enforcement agency (unnamed) may have known about the boston bombing before it happened.. a new hampshire state legislator has publically said that the bombing was a black ops setup.

this remark sparked immediate controversy and denial.. an ex-fbi employee is reported to have said that the two bombers were recruited and paid by the fbi (russia today).

Chaserious

I think your summary somewhat overstates what Sen. Chambliss said. He told the press that someone in law enforcement may have "dropped the ball" with some kind of intelligence, which is a far cry from a conspiracy theory about a "black ops setup" or the FBI causing the whole thing. If it's a conspiracy, how did they convince a 19 year old college kid to risk death or in the best case scenario, certain life in prison?

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GATED COMMUNITIES IN PUERTO RICO: ACCESS CODES and REMOTES must be provided to the WATCHTOWER CORPORATION by APRIL 23, 2013...

by Calebs Airplane in

this case is in it's 9th year an has been touched upon briefly on and off.. the latest from the federal court is that all gated communites in puerto rico have until april 23 to provide the watchtower corporation full access.... this means the entry code or remote control devices that open the front fence.. this is clearly an act of provocation in order to create "pseudo-persecution" thereby increasing fs hours and "voluntary donations"....

Chaserious

I don't understand how the court came to the decision that a private homeowners association cannot bar access to non-residents.

Perhaps Caleb's Airplane can elaborate more, but evidently gated communities in Puerto Rico are different from what mainland Americans would picture as gated communities, and in fact are not just private homeowner's associations.

Rather than being private developments like a homeowners association that restrict access to private property, Puerto Rico allows neighborhoods to control access to the entire neighborhood, including public streets if the town votes for a plan of that type. Because they are approved by the local government, it's a public action and legally somewhat different than a gated community on private property. At least that's the basis for the court's decision.

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GATED COMMUNITIES IN PUERTO RICO: ACCESS CODES and REMOTES must be provided to the WATCHTOWER CORPORATION by APRIL 23, 2013...

by Calebs Airplane in

this case is in it's 9th year an has been touched upon briefly on and off.. the latest from the federal court is that all gated communites in puerto rico have until april 23 to provide the watchtower corporation full access.... this means the entry code or remote control devices that open the front fence.. this is clearly an act of provocation in order to create "pseudo-persecution" thereby increasing fs hours and "voluntary donations"....

Chaserious

All american courts are a sham

What's the point you are trying to make? The appeals court doesn't give a shit about JWs. There is no political or financial incentive for the decision. The most likely reason for the decision is that they are trying to apply the constitution to a difficult case. Why is it a sham just because they reached an arguably poor decision that you don't agree with?

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GATED COMMUNITIES IN PUERTO RICO: ACCESS CODES and REMOTES must be provided to the WATCHTOWER CORPORATION by APRIL 23, 2013...

by Calebs Airplane in

this case is in it's 9th year an has been touched upon briefly on and off.. the latest from the federal court is that all gated communites in puerto rico have until april 23 to provide the watchtower corporation full access.... this means the entry code or remote control devices that open the front fence.. this is clearly an act of provocation in order to create "pseudo-persecution" thereby increasing fs hours and "voluntary donations"....

Chaserious

It actually wasn't the Puerto Rico court that decided to let them in. If I recall from following this, the Puerto Rico federal judge ruled against the Watchtower and they appealed to the federal appeals court based in Boston (which, agree with the decision or not, is definitely a credible court). The appeals court ruled in favor of the WT and sent it back to PR district court to basically work out the smaller details. Apparently they don't have to hand over the codes/keys to the WT if they have a manned security gate where a guard can let them in. Turning over the codes seems like a terrible idea. I guess the HOAs will probably choose to hire more guards which will drive everyone's cost up.

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Is AAWA a non profit? Or is the application still in consideration?

by wha happened? in

i've heard both.

i dunno.

which one is it?.

Chaserious

They can be a nonprofit without being tax exempt under 501(c)(3). It appears that they incorporated as a nonprofit, so I don't think they would be misrepresenting by calling themselves such. One of the main disadvantages of not being a 501(c)(3) is that contributors cannot make tax deductions for contributions.

Any nonprofit that wants to sustain itself long-term from public donations is obviously well served by obtaining tax exempt status. People are often willing to give more if they are getting a tax break. But even if they don't have tax exempt statuts, it doesn't mean they have to pay taxes on everything coming in the door. It would depend where it's coming from and what they are doing with it.

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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

i am an inactive jw.

i havent been on this forum for a few months and have been lurking in others.

i have met a few people in real life and online, both on this forum and on others.

Chaserious

I disagree with anyone who feels that Simon's moderation of this forum is abusive in any way. I've been mostly just watching the AAWA stuff unfold, and I don't think Simon said anything negative about AAWA until Cedars tried to orchestrate the locking of a thread on this site after he got what was intended to be the last word in. I don't blame Simon for taking umbrage at such an attempt to hijack this forum. IMO it came across as very high-handed and sadly seems to be exemplary of the tactics of the leadership there.

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JW teen must have transfusion: Judge rules

by Tiktaalik in

http://www.smh.com.au/national/teen-witness-must-have-a-transfusion-rules-judge-20130417-2i0lc.html.

summary:.

17 year old jw has been ordered by the court to undergo a transfusion if his doctors deem it necessary.

Chaserious

Hopefully this kid will make it and think about things by his 18th birthday. In the U.S., a judge would probably not force the transfusion upon a 17 year-old unless the kid was not very articulate about why he wants to refuse blood.

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Why do the WT DF for smoking ?

by Phizzy in

Chaserious

I think it originated as a legitimate doctrinal belief from a bygone era. They have no interest in changing it now because while bizarre, it is probably not even in the 10 doctrines they take the most heat for, so there would be little benefit from backtracking while adding to the long list of reversed doctrines.