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Re: Recovering Jedi (was Re: Can you folks give any more info on this?)
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 29 Aug 2002 05:01:25 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
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> I was definitely a Jedi there for a bit, but then I discovered that the
> Force, on whose beneficial and life affirming attributes the Jedi are based,
> is actually a bunch of symbiotic squatter micro-organisms infesting living
> cells (midichlorians: http://www.greyjedi.net/archives/midichlorians.html),
> the force kind of lost its appeal as a philosophical underpinning for a life
> of discipline and constructivism, and the Jedi then appear to be merely
> proponents of an archaic martial art.
...and rather unfortunate hairstyles.
> Pity really.
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> Right now I'd probably be best classified as a vengeful agnostic. I'm not
> sure if he's out there, but if and when I find him, he's got a lot to answer
> for...
...or her or it (what use would a supreme being have for genitalia ?)
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> Oh, and I am quite gratified that 70,000 Australians who did take the time
> to fill out the census otherwise sensibly, had the temerity and sense of
> humour to mark their religion as Jedi. This seems to me to be a very
> healthy state of affairs. Unhelpful to the Australian Bureau of Statistics,
> certainly, but definitely healthy nevertheless.
Would true Jedi vote for the Greens.
> And my hand hovered over the big red button marked 'fut: off-topic' for a
> long moment, but this is just too cool a thread and I'm curious about how
> fellow Australian AFOLs feel about this. And Peter *has* been talking about
> wanting some good threads.
Finally, a nice meaty thread to chew on.
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