Jedi to boycott Tesco?

Blackhorse Slim

The founder of the Star Wars-inspired Jedi faith has accused Tesco of religious discrimination after he was banned from wearing a hood in one of its stores.

Daniel Jones, 23, who created the International Church of Jediism, claims he was “victimised over his beliefs” by staff at the supermarket in Bangor, North Wales.

The religion, inspired by the sci-fi films, is practised by 500,000 around the world and requires believers to cover their heads in public places. But Mr Jones, from Holyhead, said that staff ejected him from the store over security fears when he refused to remove his hood.

Mr Jones, also known by his Jedi name Morda Hehol, told The Sun: "I told them it was a requirement of my religion but they just sniggered and ordered me to leave.

"I walked past a Muslim lady in a veil. Surely the same rules should apply to everyone."

The handbook of the UK Jedi Church, founded by the Star Wars fan last year, states: "Jedis must wear a hood up in any public place of a large audience."

Daniel added: "It was discrimination. I was really upset. Nobody should be treated like that.”

"I'll advise worshippers to boycott Tesco if it happens again. They will feel the Force."

A Tesco spokesman said: "Jedi 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 went hoodless without going to the Dark Side.

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

© Telegraph.co.uk

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/jedi-ejected-from-tesco-for-wearing-hood-1890883.html

brummytom

It's a stupid cult from a film! FFS.

God those Welsh are mad.

mikom

Meesa people gonna buy groceries.

Vegeta

Just do what the Muslims would do if treated like you and blow up a store or 2.

That'll learn 'em

On a serious note he should have just used the mind trick if he was any good.

ShooterSF

I look forward to reporting any woman wearing a veil in tesco to security. Should be fun

ShooterSF

brummytom wrote: »

It's a stupid cult from a film! FFS.

God those Welsh are mad.

Careful now - blasphemy laws.
Remember one man's cult is another man's religion.

r3nu4l

Vegeta wrote: »

On a serious note he should have just used the mind trick if he was any good.

Brilliant

Fratton Fred

ShooterSF wrote: »

Careful now - blasphemy laws.
Remember one man's cult is another man's religion.

Being Welsh is an affliction, not a religion

Good response from Tesco btw.

ShooterSF

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Good response from Tesco btw.

I don't agree. His next step should be collecting evidence of muslim women shopping in tesco and maybe a hidden tape recorder and a complaint to security. He would then have grounds to argue discrimination either by gender or religion. Which is illegal as far as I remember..

genericguy

brummytom wrote: »

It's a stupid cult.

God those christians/muslims/joos/hindus/scientologists are mad.

fyp tommy

brummytom

ShooterSF wrote: »

I don't agree. His next step should be collecting evidence of muslim women shopping in tesco and maybe a hidden tape recorder and a complaint to security. He would then have grounds to argue discrimination either by gender or religion. Which is illegal as far as I remember..

Please, please, please be joking.

genericguy wrote: »

fyp tommy

I'll go with Scientologists.. but I try not judge people on their faith (I'm a church-going Catholic :P)
I'll happily take the piss out of someone for what they where though, don't worry.
Brum's an amaaaazingly Muslim place; yet I still laugh whenever I see a woman in a burqa clothes shopping

Orion

brummytom wrote: »

It's a stupid cult from a film! FFS.

God those Welsh are mad.

And Scientology is a stupid cult from a book - look at them now. Beware the Dark Side

genericguy

brummytom wrote: »

Please, please, please be joking.



I'll go with Scientologists.. but I try not judge people on their faith (I'm a church-going Catholic :P)
I'll happily take the piss out of someone for what they where though, don't worry.
Brum's an amaaaazingly Muslim place; yet I still laugh whenever I see a woman in a burqa clothes shopping

ah please tom, why is any one religion less absurd than another? if i told you i couldn't come out on a sunday cos me and my family were sitting around drinking a cup of some dead fellas blood, you'd think i was mental, right?

RossFixxxed

I think it's fair to not descriminate on religious/gender/race grounds. But there is a universal 'being a twatt' ban in many establishments. Who refuse the right to admission.

Owen

brummytom wrote: »

I'm a church-going Catholic

brummytom wrote: »

I still laugh whenever I see a woman in a burqa clothes shopping

And you don't see the irony in mocking burqa woman, but eating the symbolic flesh of a zombie jew is okay?

Sasquashie

Always 1 there is :rolleyes:

RonMexico

Darth Vader is holding a meeting about it to decide on a suitable response to Tesco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npHWX1dciOE

Wreck

Why the hell can't you wear a hood in Tesco?

ShooterSF

brummytom wrote: »

Please, please, please be joking.

Why? I will say I'd rather tesco, if their desire was for people not to wear hoods, to enforce it with everyone. But if we're going to allow one cult to have special rules why not the other?

brummytom

PaintDoctor wrote: »

And you don't see the irony in mocking burqa woman, but eating the symbolic flesh of a zombie jew is okay?

Oh, of course I do. I'm amazingly hypocritical - I know that.

I wasn't mocking Muslim women in Burqas just for wearing them. I just found it humourous to see them clothes-shopping. I laugh at old people too. I'm not a very nice person

I'm not a great catholic either, I can take or leave a load of the stuff.

Wazdakka

I'd Sue Tesco's rotten for discrimination on that one tbh.
Jedism is possibly one of the less batty and defiantly one of the least harmful organised religions.
It's just a bunch of geeks and social outcasts..
*sweeps padawan braid aside*

RonMexico wrote: »

Darth Vader is holding a meeting about it to decide on a suitable response to Tesco

Tesco spokesman wrote:

"Jedi are very welcome to shop in our stores although we would ask them to remove their.... AAACCCKKKKKCCGGNNHHHHhhh

mathie

brummytom wrote: »

It's a stupid cult from a film! FFS.

God those Welsh are mad.

You're the cult!

johnciall

brummytom wrote: »

God those Welsh are mad.

Have you ever spent time in holyhead? it is probably the most boring place on the planet, not supprised he came up with it

11811

Blackhorse Slim wrote: »

Mr Jones, also known by his Jedi name Morda Hehol, told The Sun: "I told them it was a requirement of my religion but they just sniggered and ordered me to leave.

Mind trick fail. :rolleyes:

DonJose

Its one thing to push this faith on their children, but its out order to push it on their animals.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Xj7En3AJDE/RldIctjUKPI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/2HUu-WNAQIU/s400/kinoko_jedi_2.JPG

homerun_homer

I love Star Wars but a "Jedi rule" of wearing a hood in public in large crowds is just pathetic. Why would you get worked up over a self made recently made rule.

First Star Wars fans get raped by George Lucas and now Tesco.

chin_grin

Mitch Connor

DonJose wrote: »

Its one thing to push this faith on their children, but its out order to push it on their animals.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Xj7En3AJDE/RldIctjUKPI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/2HUu-WNAQIU/s400/kinoko_jedi_2.JPG

I respectably disagree.

that is awesome.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Didn't one of the guys from dead ringers do the same in a used-car lot without any accusations of terrorism or whatever Tesco's were worried the guy would do?

Blackhorse Slim

brummytom wrote: »

It's a stupid cult from a film! FFS.

As opposed to a stupid cult from a book?

biko

Grocery Store Wars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVrIyEu6h_E

deco05ie

brummytom wrote: »

It's a stupid cult from a film! FFS.

God those Welsh are mad.

It's satire which will be ignored by those who it's aimed at.

ShooterSF

PaintDoctor wrote: »

And you don't see the irony in mocking burqa woman, but eating the symbolic flesh of a zombie jew is okay?

Sorry to pull you up on this but he said catholic not protestant so he actually eats the flesh of a zombie jew, not a symbolic version.

luckylucky

Blackhorse Slim wrote: »

The founder of the Star Wars-inspired Jedi faith has accused Tesco of religious discrimination after he was banned from wearing a hood in one of its stores.

The empire strikes back

Fratton Fred

In fairness to Tesco, i wonder how many ladies in burqhas they have running riot in their stores, abusing their staff and shoplifting as opposed to young men wearing hoodies?

deco05ie

homerun_homer wrote: »

I love Star Wars but tha Jedi rule of wearing a hood in public in large crowds is just pathetic. Why would you get worked up over a self made recently made rule.

First Star Wars fans get raped by George Lucas and now Tesco.

I can't believe people are taking this seriously. There is no way this guy is not taking the piss, he was obviously wanted this reaction so he could voice his comment about Muslims.

joseph brand

Blackhorse Slim wrote: »

The founder of the Star Wars-inspired Jedi faith has accused Tesco of religious discrimination after he was banned from wearing a hood in one of its stores.

Daniel Jones, 23, who created the International Church of Jediism, claims he was “victimised over his beliefs” by staff at the supermarket in Bangor, North Wales.

The religion, inspired by the sci-fi films, is practised by 500,000 around the world and requires believers to cover their heads in public places. But Mr Jones, from Holyhead, said that staff ejected him from the store over security fears when he refused to remove his hood.

Mr Jones, also known by his Jedi name Morda Hehol, told The Sun: "I told them it was a requirement of my religion but they just sniggered and ordered me to leave.

"I walked past a Muslim lady in a veil. Surely the same rules should apply to everyone."

The handbook of the UK Jedi Church, founded by the Star Wars fan last year, states: "Jedis must wear a hood up in any public place of a large audience."

Daniel added: "It was discrimination. I was really upset. Nobody should be treated like that.”

"I'll advise worshippers to boycott Tesco if it happens again. They will feel the Force."

A Tesco spokesman said: "Jedi 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 went hoodless without going to the Dark Side.

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

© Telegraph.co.uk

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/jedi-ejected-from-tesco-for-wearing-hood-1890883.html

I always knew Holyhead was a strange place:"Hey Mr Jones, GET THE BOAT!"


LOL @ Jedi missing special offers. BTW Star Wars is for kids, "Its great when you're eight!"

mathie

homerun_homer wrote: »

I love Star Wars but tha Jedi rule of wearing a hood in public in large crowds is just pathetic. Why would you get worked up over a self made recently made rule.

First Star Wars fans get raped by George Lucas and now Tesco.

So it's ok to get worked up over self made 1977 made rules?

Fratton Fred

deco05ie wrote: »

I can't believe people are taking this seriously. There is no way this guy is not taking the piss, he was obviously wanted this reaction so he could voice his comment about Muslims.

he obviously has a lot of pent up tension and frustration that he needs to release. he should go find himself a nice ewe :pac:

Maximilian

What a stupid makey-uppy religion.

Orion

DonJose wrote: »

Its one thing to push this faith on their children, but its out order to push it on their animals.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Xj7En3AJDE/RldIctjUKPI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/2HUu-WNAQIU/s400/kinoko_jedi_2.JPG

Squirrel Jedis rock

stovelid

I propose that, on live TV, he be put in a pit with a large man-eating animal with only a thighbone and skull to defend himself. As a Jedi, he should be OK.

CantGetNoSleep

What an absolute d1ckhead, if i owned a shop no one would be allowed in with any sh1t covering their heads, be it a motorcycle helmet, a hoodie, a jedi whatever ya call it or a fcuking hijab

krudler

Maximilian wrote: »

What a stupid makey-uppy religion.

Arent all religions stupid and makey-uppy?

ShooterSF

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

What an absolute d1ckhead, if i owned a shop no one would be allowed in with any sh1t covering their heads, be it a motorcycle helmet, a hoodie, a jedi whatever ya call it or a fcuking hijab

Are you not missing the point? If no one was allowed wear hoods he wouldn't be bothered it's the fact that one cult can but his can't...

ShooterSF

krudler wrote: »

Arent all religions stupid and makey-uppy?

All but pastafarianism.

K-Ren

Obi Wan Get Wan Free!

ejmaztec

He was probably going to nick a couple of big striplights so that he and his barking mad Jedi chums could have a duel in the car-park.

Ri_Nollaig

homerun_homer wrote: »

... Why would you get worked up over a self made recently made rule. ...

brummytom wrote: »

Please, please, please be joking.

I dont get it?
Whats the difference between this bullshít 'religion' and ALL the others?
They too have self-made (albeit older) rules.

Infact there is a lot of similarities between this and whats seen as the established religions that a lot of people just like to over look.
Just because something is old doesn't make it right, most religions where created as a explanation for how the world around them works. Now we have an explanation for a lot of it and yet people still believe in such crap as "the world is 6000 years old" ...

I'd have a feeling that this guy might have done this to get the exact response he wanted and just to show the hypocriticalness of it all.

After all is, Moses calling on God to push back the red sea, The virgin Mary, zombie Jesus, Yoda lifting that X-Wing out of the lake with the force. All sound like a fantasy story to me.

ejmaztec

Ri_Nollaig wrote: »

I dont get it?
Whats the difference between this bullshít 'religion' and ALL the others?
They too have self-made (albeit older) rules.

Infact there is a lot of similarities between this and whats seen as the established religions that a lot of people just like to over look.
Just because something is old doesn't make it right, most religions where created as a explanation for how the world around them works. Now we have an explanation for a lot of it and yet people still believe in such crap as "the world is 6000 years old" ...

I'd have a feeling that this guy might have done this to get the except response he wanted and just to show the hypocriticalness of it all.

After all is, Moses calling on God to push back the red sea, The virgin Mary, zombie Jesus, Yoda lifting that X-Wing out of the lake with the force. All sound like a fantasy story to me.

When George Lucas gets crucified, the Jedi religion will kick off in a big way, but at the moment they've only got this guy who was almost martyred at Tesco to fall back on.

me-skywalker

I have the force to end this converstion but I shall not reveal myself just yet!

I will rise again!! and again! and then fall asleep.