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Re: Can you folks give any more info on this?
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Wed, 28 Aug 2002 05:11:12 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, David Drew writes:
> Hi,
> It's quite simple to determine if they're lying about being a Jedi:
> 
> 1. Person claims to be a Jedi.
> 2. All Jedi have midichlorians in their blood.
> 3. Test blood for presence of midichlorians.
> 4. If test is negative, person is lying.

Ahhh, but the medical test for midichlorians was lost a long time ago, in a
galaxy far, far away. Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

> Since midichlorian have yet to be discovered by medical science, or
> otherwise described by George Lucas, all people who claim to be Jedi are
> lying.
> 
> The whole midi-chlorians-in-the-blood thing smacks too highly of 'master
> race'-ishness for my comfort. George Lucas' morality has seemed
> questionable at the best of times, but I'm just willing to write it off
> to the fact that he's just a bad writer.

My pet theory is that he put the bit about midichlorians in to *stop*
loonies embracing it as a 'real' religion.

> Jedi are just terrorists, anyway:
ROFL!

Cheers

Richie



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Hi, It's quite simple to determine if they're lying about being a Jedi: 1. Person claims to be a Jedi. 2. All Jedi have midichlorians in their blood. 3. Test blood for presence of midichlorians. 4. If test is negative, person is lying. Since (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)  

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