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  • From: "Joe Komenda" <joe AT komejo.com>
  • To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: 10,000 Britains register their religion as "Jedi Knight"
  • Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 09:20:52 -0700


This is a campain that has been going on for some time, both in the UK and
Austrailia. More info at (where else?) Snopes.com:

http://www.snopes.com/religion/jedi.htm

Joe K

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael S Czeiszperger" <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>
To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 5:59 AM
Subject: [internetworkers] 10,000 Britains register their religion as "Jedi
Knight"


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> "Spurred reportedly by a fan's jokey email campaign, more than 10,000
> Britons
> put down George Lucas' mythical Star Wars religion as their own, forcing the
> government's Office for National Statistics to classify "Jedi Knight" as a
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