England is a stupid place

We'll just start with the headline:

Jedi church founder thrown out of Tesco for refusing to remove his hood was left 'emotionally humiliated'.

Did they ask him to leave or did they use (the) force? Let the story continue.

The founder of the Jedi religion inspired by the Star Wars films was thrown out of a Tesco supermarket for wearing his distinctive brown hood.
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As a result Jones, who also goes by the Jedi name Morda Hehol, claims he has been 'victimised over his beliefs' and left 'emotionally humiliated' by the supermarket in Bangor, North Wales.

I would have thought the emotional humiliation would come from dressing like a Jedi and going out in public, but then again I'm probably not as emotionally mature/dead as this man. But surely he was singled out for dressing like Jedi. What does Tesco's have to say to that and to the potential Death Star sized lawsuit that would surely be underway if this were America and we didn't keep our religious delusions and fashions carpenter based?

But Tesco hit back in the spirit of the epic space saga and claimed that the three most well known Jedi Knights in the Star Wars movies - Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker - all appeared in public without their hoods.
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'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.'

Well played. Actually using the movies against him in a mocking fashion and to logically rebut his childish, childish actions? Nicely done. I'm sure that by attempting to talk to him logically and using the vernacular of his chosen unhealthy obsession, you broke through to him and got him to realize the sheer level of childish fantasy he had ensconced himself in, right? ...Yeah, you don't know Star Wars fans.

Mr Jones, from Holyhead, 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.
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'They said: "Take it off", and I said "No, its part of my religion. It's part of my religious right." I gave them a Jedi church business card.'

He's got a card and everything! But really, this man is clearly a fraud or not a true practitioner of the faith. I think he's a heretic. I mean the Jedi teach emotional calm, rational thought, logic, being one with the surroundings, conquering your emotions, and focusing on the material trappings of chain supermarkets. They don't teach you to whine and threatening lawsuits like you were angry that they couldn't go to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters.

You see what Star Wa.....oh fuck, now I'm doing it. Disregard these last few sentences. I'm normal! Normal, I say! This was not a childhood obsession that has spilled over into adulthood! I like sports! Sex with women! Hitting things with fists! Cursing! Drinking! I don't even know what a Corellian YT-1300 is, let alone all the pilots and their call signals during the Battle of Yavin. Normal!