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Profile of a Real-Life Jedi Academy

Posted by timothy on from the mind-tricks-for-manhattan-landlords dept.

dkleinsc writes "The NYTimes ran a profile of the New York Jedi Club, an organization dedicated to teaching the ways of the Force. Jedi Grandmaster Flynn Michael, a sound engineer and (by his own proclamation) an 'over-the-top geek,' connected the ideas of the Jedi with dance, martial arts, sword-fighting and Tibetan Buddhism to form the curriculum."

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  1. Re:Why not just have sex? by Dogtanian · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ha ha.... even *I* saw this story and thought..... "NERDS!!!!!!!!!!"

    Er, maybe not in that voice though ;-)

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  2. Sage advice by multimediavt · · Score: 5, Informative

    “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.”

    - Han Solo

  3. Re:Why not just have sex? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Considering the 3 of the main religions on earth(christianity, islam, and judaism) all treat women as second class citizens, give them no real role in said religion and force them to be ashamed of themselves for even existing it is indeed amazing at all the religion even allows sex.

    seriously the only difference in their treatment of women is how much "modesty" they expect women to show.

    If religion doesn't allow sex, it dies off. The goal of the religion is control - the elite priesthood have a direct hotline to god and control it's practioners including their sexuality. Degrading women and controling who they procreate with while simultaneously making them feel like shit about getting any pleasure from the act or for that matter having boobs and arse and a cunt is just one of the many charming modus operandi used. It's not like men are allowed to fuck who they want with impunity either, but since the women have the babies he who controls the pussy controls the population..

  4. Re:Why not just have sex? by ukemike · · Score: 4, Informative

    Considering the 3 of the main religions on earth(christianity, islam, and judaism)

    Whoa! Dude your facts are a bit off. Judaism doesn't even make the top ten!

    Christianity: 2.1 billion
    Islam: 1.5 billion
    Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
    Hinduism: 900 million
    Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
    Buddhism: 376 million
    primal-indigenous: 300 million
    African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
    Sikhism: 23 million
    Juche: 19 million
    Spiritism: 15 million
    Judaism: 14 million

    from adherents.com

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