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I mean, really: if it's not hurting anyone, why is it a problem? Let some odd twit (yes, I'm a Jedi and I view the gentleman as an odd twit) wear his hood. It's a real belief for him, and one that he may actually have been required to do by his mentor (and is thus religious compliance).

The films relay principles which have existed for thousands of years in other religions. Are we going to punish a Sikh for carrying a blade--one bolted securely inside of its sheath so that it poses no threat--into a job interview? Are we going to tell atheists that they're not allowed to preach against religion? Really, this issue is far-reaching. Failure to protect one religion is a failure to protect the right to believe--and by proxy, the right to disbelieve.

That's why it's right to protect the Jedi hood thing... not because anyone agrees with it, not because it's desirable, and not even because it's harmless: but because failure to protect it is a failure to protect one's own right to be free to express.

How many atheists are ready to go to, say, Pakistan and preach that Islam is wrong? They'll behead you for heresy. In protecting the right to believe, you promote your own right to bring rationality into the conversation.

Just my own two cents' worth.]]>Mar 18th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/03/17/jedi-claims-religious-discrimination-reviewing-the-format-of-ne/http://www.switched.com/2010/03/17/jedi-claims-religious-discrimination-reviewing-the-format-of-ne/
So this Jedi is insane? Yeah. But guess what. So are the people in 'legit' religions.]]>Mar 17th 2010 10:13PM