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Those Jedi.... deserved this....

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:31 am
by Awwee
Jedi thrown out of store


THE founder of a religion inspired by the Star Wars films was thrown out of a supermarket for refusing to remove his hood, AOL reported on Tuesday.
Daniel Jones, head of the 500,000-strong International Church of Jediism, was asked to leave the Tesco supermarket in Bangor, North Wales as his attire was deemed to be in violation of Tesco's rules, which forbid the wearing of 'hoodies' while in the supermarket.
Mr Jones, who also goes by the Jedi name Morda Hehol, claimed he was 'victimised over his beliefs' and left 'emotionally humiliated' when staff deemed him a security risk and told him to leave.
He told The Daily Telegraph: 'I told them it was a requirement of my religion but they just sniggered and ordered me to leave.'
According to the rules of the Jedi church, members should wear a hood in public places. 'It states in our Jedi doctrination that I can wear headwear. It just covers the back of my head,' Mr Jones said. 'You have a choice of wearing headwear in your home or at work, but you have to wear a cover for your head when you are in public.'
Mr Jones said he had gone to the store to buy something to eat, and gave staff a Jedi church business card when they stopped him about his hood.
'It was discrimination. They were making a joke against me. I was really upset. Nobody should be treated like that,' he said. He has made a complaint to Tesco and is seeking legal advice. Mr Jones also hinted of a threat should the ban continue. 'I'll advise worshippers to boycott Tesco if it happens again. They will feel the Force.'
The Telegraph reported that a Tesco spokesman defended the store's actions, saying: 'He hasn't been banned. Jedis are very welcome to shop in our stores, although we would ask them to remove their hoods.'
'Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Luke Skywalker all appeared hoodless without ever going over to the Dark Side and we are only aware of the Emperor as one who never removed his hood.'
'If Jedi walk around our stores with their hoods on, they'll miss lots of special offers.' :twisted:

tis is funny as hell....

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:58 am
by icemann
omg.. i just love the sens eof humour....

"If Jedi walk around our stores with their hoods on, they'll miss lots of special offers.'

ahhahhahhhahah

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:14 am
by GetzJedi
http://www.jedi-church.com/

This is really taking costuming to a whole new level... a stoopid one... :P

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:41 am
by Awwee
GetzJedi wrote:http://www.jedi-church.com/

This is really taking costuming to a whole new level... a stoopid one... :P
They might as well pray to pictures of George L... or maybe they do... :twisted:

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:48 am
by gundam_skywalker
Jediism is not real. It is just from the movie. Are there really that many worshippers who followed this religion? So, these worshippers just start their own rules on this religion? For what we know from the movie, Jediism practice selflessness and peace. No hate and no attachment. They are similar to Buddhism monks. So, these worshippers are all singles?

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:24 pm
by Haldir
WTF? These people are taking fantasy as reality too much already. :roll:

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:28 pm
by Gordonator
Some nerds are funny. some are just plain weird. :lol:

Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 4:22 pm
by chakster
These guys don't just take the cake... They baked it and piled on the frosting... :lol:

actually... i tink its quite cool...

Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:33 pm
by icemann
i tink tis whole jedi movement thing is quite amazing actually..
yah. a bit extreme.. but its with good intentions and nothing malicious or harmful is created... so on that note..to each his own..eccentricity is the source of much greatness...

we wear costumes.. thats eccentric in its own ways....whats the diff between donning a trooper costume and someone who practice this jedi belief.... fundermentall.. no diff...

i tink to the chappy on the street... everyone in here who wears a costume is as crazy to them... as the jedis are ...to the people who tink they are nuts :lol:

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:26 pm
by assjedi
lol icemann you start a Jedi church here la. ehehhe

Re: Those Jedi.... deserved this....

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:48 pm
by Darth_Reaper
LoL... r these guys for real?
A Church for Jedis?
*Wonders if there is a church for Sith?*
LoL...

Re: Those Jedi.... deserved this....

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:02 pm
by mosske
If there's a Jedi church, there's probably a Sith one too.

Re: Those Jedi.... deserved this....

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:12 pm
by Darth_Reaper
Interested in a Sith Church.

Re: Those Jedi.... deserved this....

Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 12:42 pm
by jamestbl
Sith temple. Hmm. Mastery the art of the darkside?. Well it should be fun. Anything the jedi temple dont do, the sith do? So lets raise our beer mug and cheers? Lol

Re: Those Jedi.... deserved this....

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:00 am
by Darth_Reaper
I'll drink to dat, although I'm nt much of a drinker.
Cheers. :)