>>Oh, I understood that OK. I just didn't see the connection, or where politics comes into it. One's obviously a work of fiction future, and the other ... past & present. One doesn't offend any religious beliefs (unless they can argue that "the Force" is future-speak for "God")
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>Well, weren't there about 8000 Australians who declared themselves as Jedi Knights on the last census? They may become offended for any reason, just like any other religion has the right to cry foul when anyone prints anything they don't like.
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LOL

When I was a young smarta** (as opposed to the kind of smarta** I am now) I got into a bit of hot water with my university over the way I filled out the class registration form. It asked for a bunch of demographic info -- name, DOB, etc. One of them was Ethnicity. There was a long list of checkboxes with a catch-all of "Other -- please specify" at the bottom. I checked it and specified Vulcan. A couple weeks later I got a letter on university letterhead. The first sentence was classic: "We know you are not Vulcan." It went on to say that the accuracy of student demographic data was actually important, since some government funding was based on it. To me it was still a hoot.