Oh come on, don't be stupider than you can help being. What do you think the prime age group for shoplifting is? Yes, dimbo... young men wearing hoodies. Are you the stereotypical BNP supporter with an IQ of 20?
Jedi ejected from Tesco for wearing hood
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Oh come on, don't be stupider than you can help being. What do you think the prime age group for shoplifting is? Yes, dimbo... young men wearing hoodies. Are you the stereotypical BNP supporter with an IQ of 20?
Soldato
nice :/
but if he went in wearing that (in the picture) he just looks like an emo kid, and would arouse suspicion
Not wanting to get in the way of your rant, but I was always under the impression that it was usually young women that were shoplifters?
Last time I looked, the arguments most Muslims use in the defence of the burka etc is that its NOT compulsory, and that people feel its a honour etc etc
It smacks to me of unfairness. One can wear a full length kit in a bank, but one cannot wear a motorcycle helmet. One can wear full muslim garb just about anywhere, but a hoody is now grounds for refused entry....
*I was arguing for arguings sake btw
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Chances? High. LOADS of theft is commited by people stashing stuff under burkas.
Soldato
No he didn't, George Lucas and others did.
So he would be twice as smart as any other Neanderthal thats in the BNP?
Jedi may not be a "proper" religion atm, but just think about it. All other religions were started at some point by someone making a load of crap up so give it time.
Man of Honour
That's part of what I covered with noting that Jedi is not a recognised religion - a combination of "I can choose to wear XXX" and that it isn't a recognised religion mean that it's a bit of a non-event. I can choose to wear anything and proclaim it to be my religious garb but if it is not officially recognised as such (and covered under anti discrimination laws or similar) then a shop is perfectly within their rights to refuse to serve me on those grounds.
Also it may depend on which particular version of Islam you follow whether a burqa is compulsory or not, I'm not 100% sure on it but with such a proliferation of creeds in the World I'd be more surprised if at least some didn't have it as a requirement.
It smacks to me of unfairness. One can wear a full length kit in a bank, but one cannot wear a motorcycle helmet. One can wear full muslim garb just about anywhere, but a hoody is now grounds for refused entry....
*I was arguing for arguings sake btw
Fairness is another issue, I'm not sure why you'd want to wear a motorcycle helmet into a bank but there is a rather delicate line to be struck between protecting religious freedoms and treating people equally.
The point, my as ever needlessly pedantic forum chum, is that a young man with a hoodie is much more likely to shoplift that a woman wearing a burkha. If a store has a high rate of crime from young men wearing hoodies (this hiding their identity and making them difficult to recognise on CCTV then of course they are going to ask people to remove hoods.
Soldato
he could have course have just been an ignorant arse just to be awkward..clearly a bell end trying to be clever
Soldato
Some Jedi, should have lightsabred their hands off and carried on shopping...oh wait his lightsabre is plastic and none of this is real. What a twonk.
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People in burkhas ARE responsible for a lot of shoplifting, it's just that you're not allowed to tell them to take it off.
Im sure they are responsible for some... but more than teenage hoodie chavs?
I can't believe that people think worshiping some magic sky pixie for no logical reason other than your parents do and you were brought up to worship that particular magical sky pixie is any different.
Yes the guy in the article is being a tool but he's also making a fair point about religion - personally I think Tescos should be able to ask people to remove their hoods if they want to but I don't see any reason why they shouldn't also be allowed to ask some woman who's quite bizarely decided to come in dressed as a ninja (presumably because she's really really committed to her magic sky pixie or her husband still lives in the stone age and will beat her for not being modest).
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Soldato
As opposed to all those religions who got their rules from where... omnipotent men in the sky?
I think it'd pretty easy to make a distinction between a religion stemming back with thousands of years of history and culture, and a 'religion' based on a modern popular fictional film franchise, regardless of your view of religion as a whole.
Man of Honour
Shame on the Jedi for not using mind powers when challenged.
Also, why didn't Tesco activate a squad of battle droids ?
Also, why didn't Tesco activate a squad of battle droids ?
Why though? Just because one religion has attracted more gullible people over time than a new one doesn't make it any more valid. (ok in this case perhaps it is clear that the guy doesn't really believe he's a jedi - but supposing he did then his personal belief is just as valid as some Christian or Muslim)
It isn't about how well know a 'religion' is, to simply view it like that is to view it without the necessary broader context needed. See my above post.
I think you have given my response yourself
If he was a member of a genuine, yet relatively unknown religion then I would be more inclined to side with that individual.