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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 CRCulver · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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

    Judaism is a "main religion" on Earth? The total Jewish population (that is, both the observant minority and the non-observant majority) is completely dwarfed by the amount of observant Hindus or Buddhists.

  2. Re:Why not just have sex? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's an overly broad statement and not factual; it's only true of fundamentalist practitioners.

    And that's like saying, "Gee whiz! All that stuff about Nazis exterminating Jews is a bit overly broad; it's only true of our fundamentalist practitioners (and ideological leaders who we draw teachings from). We've evolved since then, and now we're more into racism and intimidation."