Akwat Kbrana said:

But it makes absolutely no sense. As Xhonzi pointed out, the statement is philosophically self-defeating (it's like "there are no absolutes...absolutely none!"). Moreover, it's demonstrably absurd: check out the different ways Jedi and Sith philosophy is presented throughout the PT, and you'll find it's actually exactly opposite what Obi-Wan claims. The Jedi only see black and white, while the Sith are all about playing in the shadowy grey areas. Recall Palpatine's line in you will: "The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way, including their quest for greater power." Sounds a lot more like moral relativism than dogmatic absolutism to me.

So, George managed to paint a perfectly clear picture of relativistic Sith and thoroughly absolutist Jedi, but then in his desire to shoehorn a Bush-bash into his last Star Wars movie, simultaneously demonstrated that he doesn't even understand the core beliefs and methods of the very characters and movements he created. Strange, innit?

Damnit, you beat me to the punch. I thought this exact same thing over dinner last night! Whether or not you think the Jedi dogma is good or bad, it's very much absolutist, even in the OT. "If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny." Compare it to Palpatine's line in ROTS: "I embrace a larger view of the Force" and then talking about how one most have knowledge of all aspects of a concept. It's clear that the Jedi see things only in black and white. Therefore, Obi-Wan's assertion of absolutes is either political shoehorning, terrible oversight in judgment, or, maybe, just maybe, (although I doubt it) Lucas actually being aware of how corrupt the Jedi were at that point and demonstrating their own hypocrisy.