March 24, 2010
Guru was delighted to see that those pesky Jedis have hit the headlines again.
A few months after Daniel Jones, the founder of the International Church of Jediism, accused Tesco of religious discrimination, one of his disciples, Chris Jarvis, raised the same issue after he was thrown out of his local Jobcentre in Southend for refusing to lower his hood.
One aspect of the story that has gone unreported is what Jarvis was doing in the Jobcentre in the first place. What does the average Jedi look for in a job role? Construction industry consultant (speciality: The Death Star)? Genealogist (speciality: unusual father/son relationships)?
Indeed, Guru suggests that by going to the Jobcentre in the first place, Jarvis was betraying weakness. Who needs help from government advisors when you can simply "use the force"?
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