Topic: Be the Jedi

If you never watched Star Wars you will not understand this post. A Sith is a user of the dark side of the force, and are addressed as "Darth", such as Darth Vader.

The Sith do not believe Peace is possible, they must always be in conflict with something.

The Sith believe in Passion, where their want for something gives them Strength.

The Sith believe via Strength they gain power, that via numbers, or skill, that they can win.

The Sith believe that power will give them victory. They also think Victory will set them free from the chains of inferiority, slavery, weakness, or a whole host of other maladies.

The Sith are well known to be slaves of ambition and emotions. A Sith believes strongly that their emotions give them power.

Contrast this to the Jedi code:

There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force.

Simply put by controlling their emotions, not letting their emotions control them. They also want to know things, to understand them, so as to reduce ignorance. The Jedi Academy was the largest source of knowledge in the Universe.

The Jedi also believe that one should not fixate, but instead be calm and prepared. They believe in keeping the calm, in order and in law. Finally they believe in the after-life, aka they are religious.

Lucas made the perfect analogy for Liberals and Conservatives.

You see a liberal will act as if they care about others, when in truth they are using that for their own political agenda. They have no concern about lies, corruption, fraud, or worse... so long as it fits their emotional agenda.

Much like a Sith the liberals ignore the massive spending increase, the lost jobs, the corruption, the fraud, the waste... They ignore it because emotionally they are attached to their President.

They thrill with attacks upon their enemies, for when the IRS audited us they were pleased. Even now a Liberal Democrat is seeking nude pictures of a huntress and he is not going to be attacked for it but praised in their ranks! The President made a hit list of biggest donors to his opponent and when they were hit with audits, inspections, and raids they cheered.

Rule of law clearly means nothing to a Sith, he will kill, steal, rob, rape, or torture with no hint of remorse. A liberal will do what they think they can get away with, including as a radio talk show host describing a way to force police to murder an open carry individual. Food stamps as a millionaire? Frequently done in their ranks, for why should they pay for anything?

A Sith revels at making Governments useful for his/her cause. Corrupting a government is their primary goal for then they can use the apparatus of the Government to attack their foes.

The Sith strike out in anger against their foes, killing with no care for law, order, or life. We see this in every shooting... The liberals try to say it was a conservative every time only to find out it was actually a liberal. Each and every time.

A Jedi, aka a conservative, knows the dangers of the dark side. The Jedi show restraint, using force only when needed, for we value life, freedom, and law.

A Jedi will not steal, nor will they vandalize. A Jedi knows the hazards of drugs and avoids them. A Jedi shows patience, virtue, and honesty as core values.

There is no gain for a Jedi to lead a nation, we would rather support someone wise to do it instead. We do not seek out accolades, but we respect those who do good things. People are not tools to a Jedi, nor playthings, instead we prefer to give value for value, in equal measure.

The Jedi would never seek revenge, vengeance is against our beliefs, and so it is that we could not use the arms of a Government against our enemy.

In all of this you hear the similarities of us vs them, of Jedi vs Sith. I think it no accident. I also think you must be wondering how we win against all of this.

I will tell you, for a Jedi must seek knowledge and if knowledgeable must teach it to others. We win by inspiring more to be like us. We demonstrate the value of law and order, the value of hard work, and the ideal of the American Dream. Inspire! Teach! Guide! Mentor!

Never turn to the dark side, never taste of that fruit. Instead walk the path of God's light, and be righteous in what you do. Be the Jedi.

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But...the dark side has cookiez!

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Don't use that tripe for any serious guidelines please.

Jedi were morons.  Palpatine could phone it in.  I mean literally.  The openly bad guys, who the Jedi were supposed to know were bad guys, called Palpatine on the phone for orders.  Even when the Jedi were like, Huh, that Palpatine should be spied on, they didn't tap his phone.  Even John Gotti had more trouble using the phone than Palpatine.

Also Jedi couldn't sense that Anakin was getting laid.  Regularly.  how psychic do you have to be for that?  The guys who work for National Enquirer aren't psychic, and they know who's with Natalie Portman.

Also, remember in the Godfather, Michael Corleone whacks the heads of the 5 families all at once?  You know he had to whack them all at once right?  He couldn't whack 2 of them and then expect the other 3 to go, "Huh, Don Mace Windu and our chosen one got whacked.  I can't understand it.  I'm sure it will be OK.  Let's go into combat on a hundred different planets guarded by drones provided by suspected outsiders."  It took a Jedi to think up that one.

I'm sure Palpatine didn't need Anakin to slaughter the younglings.  He just did that to make him feel all sithy.  If he wanted to kill Jedi he'd just give them unlimited cake and milk and they'd all eat themselves to death, because Jedi are that stupid.

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ok so chalk both Arby3 and Chris up for Sith, time to woop on their asses sad

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oh yeah? oh yeah?

Arby you clobber him while I prepare to avenge you

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@The Yell

You're using the prequals as representative of the Star Wars universe.  That's like going to a Passover seder and citing the New Testament.

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Clobber him? Flint has no ankles. I would destroy him.

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COOKIES












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Force, not strong, with the Arby, slay him I would, if battle we do, yessss.

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The Great Eye wrote:

@The Yell

You're using the prequals as representative of the Star Wars universe.  That's like going to a Passover seder and citing the New Testament.

"You have no tact, no restraint!"
"The Word of God requires none. It is THE WORD."

'Shogun', James Clavell

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Heard, have you, Darth Yoda of?

*shocks Chris*

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Its terrible that IC politics has come to this, while israel is invading Gaza and massacring civilians, while a pre-manufactured and bomb-attached boeing 777 crashes in donektz, and both events caused by false flags operations ... and u guys talking about starwars. Reality is way more troubled than any scf movie.
But lets play your kids game, who is Mosad in your fiction?

13 (edited by ]PW[ Forever 19-Jul-2014 09:14:04)

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"Do you remember," Palpatine said, drawing away from Anakin so that he could lean back in his seat, "how as a young boy, when you first came to this planet, I tried to teach you the ins and outs of politics?"
Anakin smiled faintly. "I remember that I didn't care much for the lessons."
"For any lessons, as I recall. But it's a pity; you should have paid more attention. To understand politics is to understand the fundamental nature of thinking beings. Right now, you should renember one of my first teachings. All those who gain power are afraid to lose it."
"The Jedi use their power for good," Anakin said, a little too firmly.
"Good is a point of view, Anakin. And the Jedi concept of good is not the only valid one. Take your Dark Lords of the Sith, for example. From my reading, I have gathered that the Sith believed in justice and security every bit as much as the Jedi-"
"Jedi believe in justice and peace."
"In these troubled times, is there a difference?" Palpatine asked mildly. "The Jedi have not done a stellar job of bringing peace to the galaxy, you must agree. Who's to say the Sith might not have done better?"
"This is another of those arguments you probably shouldn't bring up in front of the Council, if you know what I mean," Anakin replied with a disbelieving smile.
"Oh, yes. Because the Sith would be a threat to the Jedi Order's power. Lesson one."
Anakin shook his head. "Because the Sith are evil."
"From a Jedi's point of view," Palpatine allowed. "Evil is a label we all put on those who threaten us, isn't it? Yet the Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way, including their quest for greater power.""
"The Jedi's quest is for greater understanding," Anakin countered. "For greater knowledge of the Force-"
"Which brings with it greater power, does it not?"
"Well ... yes." Anakin had to laugh. "I should know better than to argue with a politician."
"We're not arguing, Anakin. We're just talking." Palpatine shifted his weight, settling in comfortably. "Perhaps the real difference between the Jedi and the Sith is only in their orientation; a Jedi gains power through understanding, and a Sith gains understanding through power. This is the true reason the Sith have always been more powerful than the Jedi. The Jedi fear the dark side so much they cut themselves off from the most important aspect of life: passion. Of any kind. They don't even allow themselves to love."
Except for me, Anakin thought. But then, I've never been exactly the perfect Jedi.
"The Sith do not fear the dark side. The Sith have no fear. They embrace the whole spectrum of experience, from the heights of transcendent joy to the depths of hatred and despair. Beings have these emotions for a reason, Anakin. That is why the Sith are more powerful: they are not afraid to feel."
"The Sith rely on passion for strength," Anakin said, "but when that passion runs dry, what's left?"
"Perhaps nothing. Perhaps a great deal. Perhaps it never runs dry at all. Who can say?"
"They think inward, only about themselves."
"And the Jedi don't?"
"The Jedi are selfless- we erase the self, to join with the flow of the Force. We care only about others ..."
Palpatine again gave him that smile of gentle wisdom. "Or so you've been trained to believe. I hear the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi in your answers, Anakin. What do you really think?"
Anakin suddenly found the ballet a great deal more interesting than Palpatine's face. "I ... don't know any more."
"It is said that if one could every entirely comprehend a grain of sand- really, truly understand everything about it- one would, at the same time, entirely comprehend the universe. Who's to say that a Sith, by looking inward, sees less than a Jedi does by looking out?"
"The Jedi- the Jedi are good. That's the difference. I don't care who sees what."
"What the Jedi are," Palpatine said gently, "is a group of very powerful beings you consider to be your comrades. And you are loyal to your friends; I have known that for as long as I have known you, and I admire you for it. But are your friends loyal to you?"
Anakin shot him a sudden frown. "What do you mean?"
"Would a true friend ask you to do something that's wrong?"

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Re: Be the Jedi

Also Luke "changed\adjusted" the Jedi code when he formed the new Jedi Council, try to look past RotJ.

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Render

I guess it never occurred to the "palestinians" that the "two-state solution" made their whole country responsible for bombing stronger countries.  Google "pearl harbor"

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Personally, I just think it's hilarious that, in trying to support conservatism, Flint is trying to show the philosophy emulates an organization that is a representation of good... according to a guy who is somewhere between Michael Moore and Lenin on the left-right spectrum.

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Well in pearl harbour USA let it happen just to have the excuse to use the hbomb, to be the victims in the eyes of the world and forced to use greater strength against the japos. The jews case is particulary serious because they are victims since ww2 and they wont let that thinkin get out of their heads and genetics, because it works in thair favour always, to have an excuse to feel always offended and use greater strength. I mean, they dont need false flags really, they are the offender in the eyes of the world no matter what they try to justify.

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Render wrote:

Well in pearl harbour USA let it happen just to have the excuse to use the hbomb, to be the victims in the eyes of the world and forced to use greater strength against the japos.



What the [bleep] kind of history lesson do they teach in your backwards ass country? Japanese attacked USA because of the sanctions and embargoes that the USA put on them as punishment instead of war. We didn't even want to get full force into the European conflict until after we had no choice because Hitler was roflstomp'ing everybody and we knew eventually he would try to do the same to us.



Oh, and we only used the big bombs because we needed to show the Japanese that we meant the same dedication they did in their war tactics. We knew if we had invaded mainland Japan, we would have had to kill every single man, woman, and child for any conflict to be end.

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Not to mention the fact that the US didn't have the atomic bomb, or the means to produce it, until the war began.  Doesn't make sense that we'd let an attack on us happen in the hopes that we might develop a theoretical weapon that, if developed, we would have justification to use.

Oh, right... and the guy who actually made the call to use the atomic bomb (Truman) had no power at the time Pearl Harbor occurred.

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Da fudge is he thinking?

I wonder if he ever went to school even with that line of thinking. We did not know we could even make a nuke until we actually got the first successful test to go off!

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Hehe Flint throwing a smoke grenade, it's your horrible post in the first place. smile

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Lol yours tests in nevada were not enough, you needed a real target to test the reald damage ur new toy could do. The ones missing history lessons are u guys, what ur teachers told you was what they wanted you to believe, but i learned history in a free land with no censure at the time

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Every free soul in the world knows pearlharbour was a false flag operation haha how blind you are smile

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I've heard FDR let the Japs hit Pearl Harbor because he thought it was physically impossible for a torpedo to run in 70 ft water

but those bastards put wood floats on them so they ran shallow

clever devils

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]PW[ Forever wrote:

Anakin suddenly found the ballet a great deal more interesting than Palpatine's face. "I ... don't know any more."

"It is said that if one could every entirely comprehend a grain of sand- really, truly understand everything about it- one would, at the same time, entirely comprehend the universe. Who's to say that a Sith, by looking inward, sees less than a Jedi does by looking out?"

"The Jedi- the Jedi are good. That's the difference. I don't care who sees what."

"What the Jedi are," Palpatine said gently, "is a group of very powerful beings you consider to be your comrades. And you are loyal to your friends; I have known that for as long as I have known you, and I admire you for it. But are your friends loyal to you?"

Anakin shot him a sudden frown. "What do you mean?"

"Would a true friend ask you to do something that's wrong?"

Suddenly they were confronted by an irate Han Bolas.  "Will you two shut up?  I'm trying to watch the ballet!"

"Listen fellow," said Palpatine, "we're having a private con--"

"I can guess what you're having! If you're gonna pop that puppy you don't gotta grease him so much first!"

"WHAT?!" shrieked Anakin.  "Wait...WHAT?!"

Palpatine snarled and threw lightning.  Han Bolas channeled it into his upraised palm and then farted it harmlessly behind him.

"What the..."

"When you're always right," said Han Bolas, swinging into a 4th-degree kata, "you enjoy the Flawless Dragon Kung Fu!"

Palpatine stunted, then charged.  He got his head tucked into his ass, and he tottered blindly down the aisle.

Anakin snapped open his lightsaber and somersaulted over Han Bolas.  He swung viciously at his enemy's back.  Han Bolas pimp-slapped the energy blade back into Anakin's shoulder.  Then he picked up the severed limb, and rendered Anakin into a fragment in need of life support.

He impaled Skywalker through the buttocks, and strode down to get his refund, tripping Palpatine on his way. There was scattered applause.

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Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.