Sometimes, YouTube ruins everything

Yesterday I forwarded this news story to the other lads from this site. It sure seemed to be the best story ever. You have all the ingredients - dorky British youths, random acts of violence with unusual weapons, catchphrases ("DARTH VADER!"), and religious persecution. (And a follow-up note: don't you think, of all the fates that could befall the Jedi Church, that one thing they'd be ready for is an attack by Lord Vader?) In fact, so that I could post this story to our blog, as part of my trimonthly effort to update this blog, I went back to the BBC News link.

Then I saw the video. (I would post it, but it's so lame. Just read the story and stick with my vision.)

Wow, that was far less exciting that I had hoped. I was picturing an actual church building, maybe some old Anglican building ticketed for demolition but in which a couple of nerds could live out their fantasies in the meantime. I was picturing full-on ComiCon regalia, complete with fake lightsabers, and an attack by a crazed drunken man in the full-length Vader outfit. I was also picturing blood. For a country whose drunken violence is legend around the world, this is about the most disappointing display I've ever seen.

I was really trying to bring the funny back to this blog, because Lex has gotten more than a little preachy, but I failed. Thanks a bunch, BBC.