Jedi to boycott Tesco?

Blackhorse Slim · 18-09-2009 12:01PM #1

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 · 18-09-2009 12:03PM

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

God those Welsh are mad.

mikom · 18-09-2009 12:06PM

Meesa people gonna buy groceries.

Vegeta · 18-09-2009 12:07PM

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 · 18-09-2009 12:07PM

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

ShooterSF · 18-09-2009 12:09PM

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 · 18-09-2009 12:10PM

Vegeta wrote: »

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

Brilliant

Fratton Fred · 18-09-2009 12:12PM

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 · 18-09-2009 12:32PM

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 · 18-09-2009 12:36PM

brummytom wrote: »

It's a stupid cult.

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

fyp tommy

brummytom · 18-09-2009 12:40PM

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 · 18-09-2009 12:42PM

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 · 18-09-2009 12:43PM

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 · 18-09-2009 12:43PM

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 · 18-09-2009 12:45PM

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 · 18-09-2009 12:45PM

Always 1 there is :rolleyes:

RonMexico · 18-09-2009 12:45PM

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

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

Wreck · 18-09-2009 12:46PM

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

ShooterSF · 18-09-2009 12:59PM

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 · 18-09-2009 01:03PM

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 · 18-09-2009 01:05PM

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 · 18-09-2009 01:07PM

brummytom wrote: »

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

God those Welsh are mad.

You're the cult!

johnciall · 18-09-2009 01:07PM

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

18-09-2009 01:14PM

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 · 18-09-2009 01:17PM

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 · 18-09-2009 01:17PM

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 · 18-09-2009 01:20PM

Mitch Connor · 18-09-2009 01:21PM

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 · 18-09-2009 01:24PM

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 · 18-09-2009 01:52PM

brummytom wrote: »

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

As opposed to a stupid cult from a book?

biko · 18-09-2009 02:00PM

Grocery Store Wars

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

Jedi to boycott Tesco?

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