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From that article: "People in the UK are suspicious of anyone that tries to make lists."
Damn right.
Just put 'no religion'.
Quote of last week was from some humanist on radio scotland railing against the wording of the religion question. morning show and not fully awake so missed his point but his parting shot was "look, if you're not religious, for god's sake just tick no religion"
The supposedly 'private' data is to be shared with all 27 EU member states and any/all private companies that those governments wish to share it with, as seen [url= http://www.politics.co.uk/news/legal-and-constitutional/bureaucratic-assault-govt-launches-2011-census-$21387365.htm ]here[/url] and [url= http://www.lawfulrebellion.org/2011/02/22/2011-census-rebellion/ ]this[/url] site explains all about it and breaks down the reasons the government gives for what is a blatant breach of privacy laws and human rights legislation.
The census is nothing more than a method by which the government can gleam the information required in order to raise taxes further and cut benefits / public spending. They have the majority of this information on file already from the electoral roll, National Insurance database, DVLA etc. and they are just lazy funkers than can't be bothered to collate it themselves.
Just cross out your address and write "No Contract - Return to sender" on it and post it back to them. I for one have not signed any contract with Lockheed Martin, or the government agreeing to provide them with my personal information, so they can p right off!
Lords you po faced, boring, humourless oaf
What about ciabata then?
So why did they leave it out of the English version then, how odd.
At a guess to make life easier for the scanners. Then all subsequent questions will be in the same place on the forms.
Out of interest, is there a Gaelic or Scots question in Scotland or NI?
The stuff I read (and posted) about the religion question said that the top level summary produced last time counted Jedi in with the religions (as in, all those who had selected a religion or other), but in the drilled down report it had them separated.
It seems to me that if a policy maker wants to justify something like faith schools, that top-level summary would be all they need.
No Religion for me.
Dave
I feel grumpy - what Nationality is that ?
Strictly speaking, surely Dwarfish and not Snow White?
simonralli2 - MemberI feel grumpy - what Nationality is that ?
Strictly speaking, surely Dwarfish and not Snow White?
I think you are missing the humorous pun or play on words based on "feel" meaning either to experience a sensation, or (more amusingly) to grope...
HTH
(personally I spat coffee when I read it...)
I'm waking up to the census deserving more than just being taken at face value.
For starters I'm not happy with Lockheed Marting running the whole thing.
In 2001, I've just read, three million people declined to cooperate with the census. Less than 100 were prosecuted.
I'm by no means committed to doing it.
Wunundred! 😀
Tescos [s]probably [/s]knows [s]as much as[/s] vastly more about the [s]people [/s]Clubcard holders doing the census
Fixed that for you. The government will never know your annual toilet roll/babyfood/condom... expenditure by brand. Seriously, Tesco realized early on that people will sacrifice some very private personal details for a 5% saving. It's a mutual contract whose implications can be seen on any midweek half-term holiday at an attraction near you! Your contract with the government is less rewarding.
The few people who put Jedi over no religion will make no difference.
Those who put CofE or Catholic or whatever because they went to a christening once or got married in a church are where the inflated religion numbers will come from.
[i]Just cross out your address and write "No Contract - Return to sender" on it and post it back to them.[/i]
exactly. I'm not completing it.
Kev