Today’s Jedi moment...The Force gets no respect from evil UK grocery empire
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Check out this story from the U.K.’s The Guardian (with links added by yours truly). What’s next, you won’t be able to bring battle-axes to the theater to see ‘The Hobbit’? I’m hoping this guy gets a fancy attorney, you know, one who speaks Klingon and carries eight-sided dice in his briefcase... -- Geoff Boucher
Tesco has been accused of religious discrimination after the company ordered the founder of a Jedi religion to remove his hood or leave a branch of the supermarket in north Wales. Daniel Jones, founder of the religion inspired by the ‘Star Wars’ films, says he was humiliated and victimised for his beliefs following the incident at a Tesco store in Bangor. The 23-year-old, who founded the International Church of Jediism, which has 500,000 followers worldwide, was told the hood flouted store rules. But the grocery empire struck back, claiming that the three best known Jedi Knights in the ‘Star Wars’ movies – Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker – all appeared in public without their hoods. Jones, from Holyhead, who is known by the Jedi name Morda Hehol, said his religion dictated that he should wear the hood in public places and is considering legal action against the chain. ‘It states in our Jedi doctrination that I can wear headwear. It just covers the back of my head,’ he 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...’
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