Nagel Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I always tick the box for "other ethnic group" on these questionnaires as I think collecting information on race is wrong. It was with the help of the meticulous Dutch bureaucracy that so many Jews were able to be rounded up by the Nazis. We have a benign government at the moment, but who knows which way things will go in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I find your lack of faith disturbing. Are you forgetting that Star Wars is real? Be it real or not, Jedi still wouldn't be a religion. The path of the Jedi is about understanding a natural force, controlling it, and harnessing it to work for you. That's why I compared it to being a steam turbine engineer. If the natural force doesn't exist, and Star Wars was just a made-up story, then the whole argument is meaningless anyway. If it does, then a Jedi is a scientist, not any form of religious person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 We have a benign government at the moment.... Sure you don't mean benighted ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 what, that you'l be in league one next season?! It would still be a belief. And probably more sound than many other beliefs that 2 billion+ people adhere to. Sadly it's also a belief, that I'm beginning to also believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsalleh Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I always tick the box for "other ethnic group" on these questionnaires as I think collecting information on race is wrong. It was with the help of the meticulous Dutch bureaucracy that so many Jews were able to be rounded up by the Nazis. We have a benign government at the moment, but who knows which way things will go in the future? I never put anything in that section as I think it is racist.They should either list every ethnic group(?) or ask a simple question which group? Why do they need to know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 How can it possibly be racist to ask what race you are? Racism is discrimination against you based on that information, not a request for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrannyGranny Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Wow! A lot of paranoid people on here. I think its a good thing that a regular record is kept of who we are, where we live, what we do etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavydog Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I always tick the box for "other ethnic group" on these questionnaires as I think collecting information on race is wrong. It was with the help of the meticulous Dutch bureaucracy that so many Jews were able to be rounded up by the Nazis. We have a benign government at the moment, but who knows which way things will go in the future? I worked on the last 2 census so I know a lot of the arguments. my personal quibble is that on here as with most official documents I am not allowed to be english.there are plenty of other sub divisions for ethnicity. I can trace my famileis back to 1600 and all of them lived and died in england. note to the official--england is more than a football team!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin-wwobb Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 If Sheff Utd or Sheff Wed are religions there must be a few hoping for a resurrection soon! - I hope that more people declare themsleves athiest this time rather than copping out with ' none ' as right-minded people and our attitudes and freedoms are under attack from religious ' beliefs ' or ' faith '. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunette Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I worked on the last 2 census so I know a lot of the arguments. my personal quibble is that on here as with most official documents I am not allowed to be english.there are plenty of other sub divisions for ethnicity. I can trace my famileis back to 1600 and all of them lived and died in england. note to the official--england is more than a football team!! But Ethnicity and Nationality aren't the same thing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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