On the other hand, if Russ tries to prove that it was willful and fails, the damages could be as low as $200. Given that he has suffered no actual damages, and that the district court seems to largely agree with Null’s position, this isn’t unrealistic. Though, of course, hoping for a soft loss is a loss within itself
could they simply end up claiming damages for infringements that happened after the 'encouragement' while the material was still up?
It's one of those terms that has escaped containment and has lost a lot of meaning in the process.
Old news. And do you honestly think that some of these people would change their mind if presented with this info? No. Their m
what do you mean by "reversed"? motions for summary judgment are still construed in favor of the non-moving party.
Russell just had no love for it. It was just a way to get chicks for him. I've known guys like him. Rag on us Mormons all you want. Russell Brand is what happens when those that grow up with the Church reject it. In a weird state of perversion where they accept some taboos but some things are still too far- know a guy that's basically inactive, drinks tea, swears a ton, watches Rated R movies with gore and sex, reads manga that I look at and go "this is just hentai with extra steps", but stuff like drinking Alcohol- that's too far!
Yeah Russell's whole deal was that he thought once he did his mission, all the sexy 9s and 10s would be mobbing him and fighting to marry him. He still had to be basically bribed by his parents to go, they'd pay for his college if he did, and he still spent a lot of his mission going to strip clubs and such.
Ah. Would you believe me if I told you Russ wasn't the first to go down this route?
That sounds like a bishop. Word for word practically.
Oh he's excommunicated. A bishop can sense trouble like him, especially when he's yelling "want woman " 3 feet away sitting at his desk. I can promise that happened
I REALLY don't think he's smart enough for that, but it's possible...
It's very unlikely he's excommunicated. This requires a lengthy formal process and is extremely rare. It's possible he had a disciplinary council and they disfellowshipped him, imposing restrictions on him like revoking his Temple Recommend. That would explain why he seemingly wasn't allowed to attend his adoptive sister's wedding, but only the reception (neither of which actually happened because he refused to treat it as a no plights zone).
You're not wrong for the first few paragraphs. But make no mistake. We are in no shortage of new converts. Were they to find out about the escapades on his mission, he would be done. While excommunication is regrettable, it still happens on a frequent basis in our church compared to other Christian sects. I don't rule it out whatsoever.
I would need the answer to 2 questions:
His mission brothers apparently did tell the bishop about his antics on the mission, but he supposedly lied his way out of it.
If he had actually been fully excommunicated we'd never hear the end of it.
He could have lied his way out of it. In the end its his word against theirs and how well the bishop or mission president believes it (don't quite know where on the timeline this takes place). He is ugly, so he had that working for him. Still excommunication isn't out of the question. He is repulsive in a way I can't quite describe. He oozes a aura of slime and filth, rotten to the core, rejecting everything his parents taught him.
and they still tried, long beyond when it was reasonable. It's funny, the thing about Greer that he hates the most- his deformity- is also what has caused people to at least treat him well out of pity until they see that he's uglier on the inside.
