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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10584385.stm

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The national census due to take place in 2011 could be the last of its kind.

The BBC understands that the government is examining other ways of measuring population and other statistics than the survey of all homes every 10 years.

In future, data could be gathered from records held by the Post Office, local government and credit checking agencies - thought to be more effective.

The government said it was "examining" whether changes could be made but no decision had been reached.

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Have the Rebels become too powerful? :shock:

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Have the Rebels become too powerful? :shock:

Yep. Since the rebel scum rebelled and put down "Jedi" as their religion last time, they know they're going to get stupid answers again in the future.

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they know they're going to get stupid answers again in the future.


Oh dear lord yes. It's only a matter of time until 4Chan get a group of about 200,000 to put some stupid religion down for the sake of it.
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Have the Rebels become too powerful? :shock:

Yep. Since the rebel scum rebelled and put down "Jedi" as their religion last time, they know they're going to get stupid answers again in the future.

I was one of those rebel scum, who put Jedi as their religion!!!! :x

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I though it was amussing that they charged a bloke last time because he filled it in in French.

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I was one of those rebel scum, who put Jedi as their religion!!!! :x


Me too. :)

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I think that it should be kept. It might make financial sense but it is a secondary check for all other data. The data is not just useful for government. It is handy for historians. It reveals things that are not recorded elsewhere.

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Have the Rebels become too powerful? :shock:

Yep. Since the rebel scum rebelled and put down "Jedi" as their religion last time, they know they're going to get stupid answers again in the future.


Won't they just get more powerful if we strike them down? :? ;)

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Stupid answers are nothing. Hundreds of thousands refused to fill it during the poll tax years. It created problems all around. The census has far more uses than just a tally of population. Plus with the state of government records they really do need to make sure it is accurate.

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I was one of those rebel scum, who put Jedi as their religion!!!! :x


Me too. :)

Sorry, that's the lamest of all forum responses, but it's true. Sue me.


IIRC, the results released included this kind of statement in the results:

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390,000 Jedis there are

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_censu ... _and_Wales

which shows they were playing along, unlike the Australian govt. which didn’t.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_censu ... #Australia

There is more here, and it shows that our concerns about other databases being tied up and connected are not unfounded. A census can be done at any time, and a door to door form filling exercise is not necessary any more.

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Abolish the damn thing. It's time-consuming and having criminal penalties for not filling it in is just bizarre.

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Abolish the damn thing. It's time-consuming and having criminal penalties for not filling it in is just bizarre.

You're not a Jedi are you? ;)

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Abolish the damn thing. It's time-consuming and having criminal penalties for not filling it in is just bizarre.

Your not a Jedi are you? ;)


No, I'm very much a citizen of the Empire thank you. :lol:

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Abolish the damn thing. It's time-consuming and having criminal penalties for not filling it in is just bizarre.

Your not a Jedi are you? ;)


No, I'm very much a citizen of the Empire thank you. :lol:

I always thought that there was something of the darkside about you. :D

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