MSNwar Posted January 3, 2003 Posted January 3, 2003 Prosecutors in Moscow have decided that Harry Potter books don't incite religious hatred.An investigation was launched after claims the books "contained signs of religious extremism".There were also claims they were "drawing students into religious groups of a Satanic type".Svetlana Petrenko, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office, said they had found no basis for opening a criminal case.Russia's ITAR-Tass news agency says the original complaint was filed by the International Fund for Slavic Literature and Culture.The Harry Potter books are hugely popular in Russia and have inspired a very similar version with a hero named Tanya Grotter, causing Potter's publishers to threaten to sue for plagiarism.Ananova
Crispy Posted January 3, 2003 Posted January 3, 2003 An investigation was launched after claims the books "contained signs of religious extremism".There were also claims they were "drawing students into religious groups of a Satanic type".They claimed this somewhere in the US too. (Dunno what that ended up with) ... But so what? ... is that a crime or what? - I thought Russia had religious freedom ... Anyway, its obviusly not true! And for the "Tanya Grotter" Harry potter rip ... what did they expect? eventually everything get copied
FthrJACK Posted January 3, 2003 Posted January 3, 2003 will the mormons follow suit?? i dont think so!!! i tell you they are the Christian taliban.
Doggie Posted January 4, 2003 Posted January 4, 2003 erhhh.. why do ppl even bother.. it seems u can sue for just about anything.. for eg.. obess men and women sueing the fast food chains.. omg.. how sad.. they don't force u to eat it.. its getting beyond a joke
Crispy Posted January 4, 2003 Posted January 4, 2003 ... it seems u can sue for just about anything ...Yes ... but the funny thing is that this isen't in the US! w00tJust went out and found some extras:http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/a...l_1614528.shtmlhttp://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_405753.htmlhttp://speakout.com/activism/issue_briefs/1319b-1.html
Doggie Posted January 4, 2003 Posted January 4, 2003 yehh.. harry potter in australia was banned in certain stores that thought it was offensive and stuff.. kinda stupid
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