Dude we were making fun of this story at work today.
Some people are right ****ed. If its not some drunk its 30 some odd
virgins
in a Jedi church.
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Dewie©
Rock on with your bad self...
"erbacide" <erbacide@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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May 14, 7:36 AM ET
HOLYHEAD, Wales - A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a
garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling
itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday.
Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27, attacked Jedi church founder Barney Jones —
aka Master Jonba Hehol — with a metal crutch, hitting him on the head,
prosecutors told Holyhead Magistrates' Court.
He also whacked Jones' 18-year-old cousin, Michael Jones — known as
Master Mormi Hehol — bruising his thigh in the March 25 incident,
prosecutors said.
The two cousins and Barney Jones' brother, Daniel, set up the Church
of Jediism, Anglesey order, last year. Jedi is the faith followed by
some of the central characters in the "Star Wars" films.
The group, which claims about 30 members, says on its Web site that it
uses "insight and knowledge" from the films as "a guide to living a
better and more worthwhile life."
"We all love the films and what they stand for. Obviously some people
are going to laugh about it," the Wales on Sunday newspaper quoted
Barney Jones as saying last month. "But a lot of people do take it
seriously."
Unfortunately for Hughes, his March attack was recorded on a video
camera that the cousins had set up to film themselves in a light saber
battle.
"Darth Vader! Jedis!" Hughes shouted as he approached.
Hughes claimed he couldn't remember the incident, having drunk the
better part of a 2 1/2-gallon (10-liter) box of wine beforehand.
"He knows his behavior was wrong and didn't want it to happen but he
has no recollection of it," said Hughes' lawyer, Frances Jones.
District Judge Andrew Shaw sentenced Hughes to two months in jail but
suspended the sentence for one year. He also ordered Hughes to pay
$195 to each of his victims and $117 in court costs.
In the 2001 United Kingdom census, 390,000 — 0.7 percent of the
population — listed Jedi as their religion.
There are just so many ways to go with this story LOL.
And I think my religion will be listed as Jedi on all do***ents from
now on ;-)
Erbacide
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