Census done!

GoldenRivet · 03-16-10, 07:31 PM

I answered question 1: by carefully and neatly writing "02" into the blocks provided.

I placed a slash through all of the other questions and mailed the SOB off.

if they want anything else they will have to water board me.

krashkart · 03-16-10, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

if they want anything else they will have to water board me.

August · 03-16-10, 08:05 PM

I got mine as well and i'm only answering certain questions:

How many people living in this house: 2
Ethnicity: Other - American

Let them figure out the rest for themselves.

Task Force · 03-16-10, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

I answered question 1: by carefully and neatly writing "02" into the blocks provided.

I placed a slash through all of the other questions and mailed the SOB off.

if they want anything else they will have to water board me.

SHHH!! dont say that, you might find yourself in a white van with 2 unknown agents...

Stealth Hunter · 03-16-10, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

SHHH!! dont say that, you might find yourself in a white van with 2 unknown agents...

No kidding. Honestly, how childishly suspicious people are these days... if you post on the Internet, you have no privacy.

August · 03-16-10, 08:43 PM

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No kidding. Honestly, how childishly suspicious people are these days... if you post on the Internet, you have no privacy.

You completely miss GR's point. Many Americans don't particularly want to be categorized by their own government.

Platapus · 03-16-10, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

I answered question 1: by carefully and neatly writing "02" into the blocks provided.

I placed a slash through all of the other questions and mailed the SOB off.

if they want anything else they will have to water board me.

(golf clap) wow, what a rebel you are.

I am assuming that you posted this because you need some accolades for your heroic act of independence.

Stealth Hunter · 03-16-10, 08:59 PM

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You completely miss GR's point. Many Americans don't particularly want to be categorized by their own government.

A census is hardly categorization, or a negative thing as you imply by your choice of words. Let alone a matter that would require waterboarding. It's a way to better understand the people that are occupying your lands and collect statistics for future generations to reflect upon. This is just another exaggerated gibe at the government. Yes, we all know this song: they're too powerful, it's the end of freedom for us, they're going to control everything we do, it will become a police state before long, they all think we're just a bunch of cattle... tiresome and unoriginal, to say the least.

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(golf clap) wow, what a rebel you are.

I am assuming that you posted this because you need some accolades for your heroic act of independence.

Give them both a hand, why don't you.

August · 03-16-10, 09:00 PM

Ok.

Stealth Hunter · 03-16-10, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Ethnicity: Other - American

Most. Original. Answer. EVER.

Kresge · 03-16-10, 09:28 PM

Did you wear your foil hat and draw the curtains while you filled out the form?

nikimcbee · 03-16-10, 09:36 PM

What, you didn't give them your phone number?

The only thing that struck me; they sure are obsessed with hispanic questions.

I thought there'd be more questions. I must have got the EZ form.

SteamWake · 03-16-10, 09:52 PM

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Most. Original. Answer. EVER.

Actually Limbaugh came up wtih that...

My wife plans to answer... Race? 'Human'

I was also struck by a general impression of "we really dont care what race you are unless your hispanic".

Stealth Hunter · 03-16-10, 10:13 PM

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Actually Limbaugh came up wtih that...

That doesn't surprise me.

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My wife plans to answer... Race? 'Human'

"Human" would refer to our species, not race.

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I was also struck by a general impression of "we really dont care what race you are unless your hispanic".

Really there weren't that many. Just two per person. Question #8, for example asks: "Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?" The options being:

No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin
Yes, Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano
Yes, Puerto Rican
Yes, Cuban
Yes, another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin (print origin; for example, Argentinian, Colombian, Dominican, Brazilian, Nicaraguan, Salvadoran, Spaniard, and so on)

I got two census papers, for whatever reason.

Question #9 simply asked: "What is Person 1's race?" The default was white, black, American Indian or Alaska Native (then you were supposed to print the tribe name). Nothing asking for Hispanic information. The only two that broke down into furthering categories were Other Asian (print race; for example, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on) and Other Pacific Islander (print race; for example, Fijian, Tongan, and so on).

For each other person, this was the case. I'll get around to posting scans of the extra copy I got tomorrow, just so everybody can see them and keep them for future reference (otherwise, we'll all probably forget what was on them in no time!).

GoldenRivet · 03-16-10, 10:40 PM

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A census is hardly categorization

Tell that to the interned Japanese Americans who were boxed up in camps after Dec. 7th 1941... yup, the supreme court made a big stink about how the FBI and other agencies rounded them up based on theie census repsonses.

ancient history?

well... history does repeat itself

No accolades needed... i just happen to know there are more people here who agree with the stance than dont... in a way, i guess im showing my support of those individuals.

though my lack of publishing census info could hardly be considered the "Alamo"... life, real life, is made up of these tiny rebellions... these little lines we draw in the sand.

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... if you post on the Internet, you have no privacy.

ok, i'll bite at that one

so stealth hunter

Whats my wife's name? maiden name?

how much money do i make in a year?

how much money does she make in a year?

is there anyone who lived in my house for any time that i did not include in my enumeration?

What is my wife's date of birth?

What is my ethnic hertitige? my wife's?

do i own any other homes?

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A census is hardly ... a negative thing

Nope.

a census is a great thing!

it decides how many representatives we get and how much government money gets spent on our area etc etc all that good stuff is great.

The census has the right - and repsected authority - to ENUMERATE PERSONS

not all of that other sh*t

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Census done! I answered question 1: by carefully and neatly writing "02" into the blocks provided. I placed a slash through all of the other questions and mailed the SOB off. if they want anything else they will have to water board me. __________________

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,199 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I got mine as well and i'm only answering certain questions: How many people living in this house: 2 Ethnicity: Other - American Let them figure out the rest for themselves. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,199 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ok. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.