Jedi Demands.

Jedi Demands and aspirations

The following is a list of Jedi demands and objectives. They apply equally to every country on every planet in the universe.

To show that these demands are entirely reasonable, we provide examples of cases where a similar demand has already been accommodated in at least one country on earth.

• Formal state recognition of the Jedi Religion (cf Anglicanism in the UK, Catholicism in Ireland, Islam in Saudi Arabia, Judaism in Israel)
• Significant presentation in the country's legislature (Cf Anglican bishops in the British House of Lords).
• The right to be consulted by governments on all moral questions (Cf all countries including nominally secular ones like France, the USA and Turkey)
• The right to chairs of theology and philosophy in every university (Cf most Moslem and European countries)
• Freedom for all Jedi believers to say what they want, wear what they want, style their hair as they want, read what they want and attend places of worship of their choice.
• Exemption from property taxation (Cf UK)
• Financial state support for Jedi buildings (Cf France)
• Financial state support for Jedi chapels and chaplains in legislatures, courts, schools, universities, prisons, police forces, hospitals and the armed forces (Cf almost all western countries)
• Financial state support for Jedi schools and universities (Cf almost all western countries)
• The right to broadcast Jedi propaganda at public cost on public radio and television (Cf UK, France and almost all European countries). And further, to disguise this propaganda as philosophical reflection (Cf "Thought for the Day" on Radio 4 in the UK.
• Blasphemy laws to protect Jedi sensibilities (Cf UK and USA)
• Charitable Status for Jedi institutions (Cf UK and USA)
• Diplomatic passports for Jedi missionaries (Cf UK and USA)
• Exemption from military service for all Jedi believers (Cf UK and USA)
• Public Holidays on days to be determined by the Jedi Sages (Cf Easter, celebrated in western countries, including secular states like France and the USA, on dates fixed by Christian bishops, currently calculated according to a mixture of the solar and the lunar calendars - the first Sunday after the first full moon following the Spring Equinox!)

Once these rights have been granted we will be looking for further rights, namely.

• The right to be invited to State occasions and give sermons to the nation
• Exemption from all taxation for Jedi Sages
• Exemption from any laws which contract with Jedi belief as defined by the Jedi Sages
• The right to establish Jedi courts dispensing Jedi justice to everyone, Jedi and unbelievers alike.
• Recognition of a sovereign Jedi state - including diplomatic immunity for all Jedi Sages
• Formal international recognition of titles and styles for Jedi Masters, Knights and Sages - Your Wonderfullness, the Moderately Venerable, the Slightly Gracious, the (Cf Your Holiness, Your Eminence, Your Grace, the Right Honourable, the Right Reverend, etc)