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Originally Posted by dr2005
I think the last one is a very good point - some people do take the position that their views on religion are no one's business, least of all the state (who do commission the census in the first place, after all). It's interesting in that it's one of the few questions I know of which is still optional, but I suppose it's along the same logic as it not asking for your in-depth political views. (At least I'm assuming it doesn't - the UK one didn't at any rate)
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I do agree that's probably why it's optional. I think people would be calling discrimination if it weren't. Nope, it didn't ask about political views. Something did suprise me though. The question that asked if we identified as Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander. Not that I mind answering it (I don't indentify as either of those) but I see that question a lot when I'm filling out many forms here and usually explicitly says we don't have to answer it if we don't want. But in the census it was a required field, which suprised me.
Okay that was totally irrelvent, but I just found it interesting
To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget
~Arundhati Roy