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By Jennifer Emick, About.com Guide to Alternative Religions since 2002

Religious Discrimination?

Tuesday May 13, 2008
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In what is sure proof that the programmers of the matrix need to give the machine a swift kick, a 27 year old British man was sentenced today for assaulting the head of Britain's Jedi church. The assailant, dressed in a trash bag cape and yelling incoherently about Darth Vader, jumped a wall to beat the man with a metal crutch. Great Britain is home to nearly 400,000 self-proclaimed jJedis.

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May 19, 2008 at 3:13 pm
(1) Lisa-Marie says:

He should’ve received a much harsher sentence than he did. It’s a grown man- a nut- assaulting young guys on their own property. Plus it’s his third assault.

May 19, 2008 at 3:53 pm
(2) Azshanas says:

That was it? I just watched the video of the ‘beating’. The guy runs in and starts acting like an idiot and taps the camera man on the head.

Did it hurt? I’m sure.
Was it an idiotic thing to do? Absolutely.
Was this a horrific beating like the articles make it out to be? Not that I could see.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not defending the guy but is it too much to ask to keep the spin out of the reports?

May 21, 2008 at 2:49 am
(3) Borsia says:

Yes if this is his 3rd strike he definately should have gotten some jail time. When there is no consiquience there is no deturent

June 4, 2008 at 12:29 pm
(4) Campos says:

‘Jedi’ has no plural form.

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