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An Anonymous Coward submitted the news that a Court ruled Church of Scientology Moscow branch should be 'dissolved':
A Russian court has ruled that the Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology should be dissolved.
The Moscow city court accepted the arguments of Russia's justice ministry that as the term "Scientology" is a registered US trademark, the Church cannot be considered a religious organisation.
The organisation plans to appeal, reports said.
The controversial church is based in Los Angeles, California and was found in 1954 by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.
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Russian Court has Ruled the Church of Scientology Should be Dissolved
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 26 2015, @02:05AM
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Well said. I am amazed every day that organizations such as Roman Catholic Church or Russian Orthodox Church are not approached with the same level of scrutiny. There's almost nothing charitable about their business, which is mainly brainwashing, and throughout the history they were employed by various tyrannical governments to do just that. And yet somehow they manage to pay no taxes and openly discriminate against women through their hiring practices and their stance on birth control. ~Anonymous 0x9932FE2729B1D963
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(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 26 2015, @03:03AM
Feminists should be killed.
>In the United States, as late as the 1880s most States set the minimum age at 10-12, (in Delaware it was 7 in 1895).[8] Inspired by the "Maiden Tribute" female reformers in the US initiated their own campaign[9] which petitioned legislators to raise the legal minimum age to at least 16, with the ultimate goal to raise the age to 18. The campaign was successful, with almost all states raising the minimum age to 16-18 years by 1920.
Hans Reiser did the correct thing.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday November 26 2015, @04:50AM
Oh hey, it's Fizzbuzz again!
Hey, Fizzbuzz! I'm a feminist! Come kill me if you think you're hard enough! Love and kisses, Marissa 3
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 26 2015, @06:50AM
>Marissa 3
You'll never be as pretty or as sweet as a little girl.
That is behind you forever.
Ofcourse why you cunts banned men marrying them.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 26 2015, @09:25AM
Some men are pretty damned amazing. They breed horses, dogs, and whatever else strikes their fancy. When they have good breeding stock, they keep the mares, bitches, or whatever away from the males while they are young. They allow the females to mature, and to gain strength before breeding them, so that gestation doesn't weaken, or even kill them.
But women? To hell with that - break them in before they ever reach puberty, right? Screw them to death before they reach age 20, right? And, when they get to be an old hag of 20-something, just turn them out to pasture, right?
People who think like you are swine, and you should be out in the pig pen with the old sow.
It's alright that little boys are turned on by bubble-gum chewing little girls with pony tails and dolls - but you'd think a man would appreciate a woman. What's the deal with that - are you AFRAID of women? I'm not a psychologist by any stretch of the imagination, but you have mental problems, dude.
(Score: 1) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday November 26 2015, @09:52PM
Hey Fizzbuzz...I'm not interested in being "pretty" or "sweet," you pathetic, underdeveloped, beardless little manchild. I am proud to be six looming steel-toed-booted feet of demi-femme dyke-a-saurus. I am more man than you will ever be, and more woman than you could ever handle if you had a thousand lifetimes.
You are seriously fucked in the head, child. Something has arrested your development at around age 12, and as a result you are terrified of full-grown women. Mentally speaking your balls haven't dropped yet, and they never will. I don't even wanna know what's in your porn folder but I'd bet good money it's full of CP and lolicon rape.
Or maybe you're just into guys and hate yourself for it, for whatever reason. In either case, we terrify you, and I am laughing my ass off that we do. Where's your braggadocio now, needledick? Come on, kill me, just like you said you would!
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 3, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Thursday November 26 2015, @03:35AM
According to this, Mormon, Latter Day Saints, etc. are all trademarked. [schwimmerlegal.com]
Are they up next?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by frojack on Thursday November 26 2015, @04:59AM
Actually, hanging a religious pronouncement upon the presence or absence of a trademark registration seems a bit daft, even for the whimsy that passes for Russian Law. The court seems willing to overlook the terrorist stalker activities, but balks at the fact that they protected their name with a trademark?
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 26 2015, @08:18AM
The other things require gathering evidence.
In this case, all it takes is a TRADE mark. By definition, this is used in TRADE, i.e. business, not religion.
It's much easier when the accused bring their own legally binding evidence.
And just because we have worse crimes, doesn't mean we should shut down the courts until we are done gathering evidence for those, when they can spend the time on the easy cases that require no work by the prosecution.