tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post114127167276523795..comments2024-01-05T02:06:03.153+13:45Comments on Oswald Bastable's Ranting: Don't the powers that be love the opening line!Oswald Bastablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-1141356270779356562006-03-03T17:09:00.000+13:452006-03-03T17:09:00.000+13:45If you want to have a bit of fun you can always fi...If you want to have a bit of fun you can always fill in confusing answers. the only bit I object to is the ethnic question I always have answered New Zealander of English origin.Thats what I am and thats what I will be despite their refusal to recognise me as such. Given the PC bullshit we have to put up with I find it ironic that I cant be recognised as I wish to be.<BR/>gdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-1141331857121862372006-03-03T10:22:00.000+13:452006-03-03T10:22:00.000+13:45Last census no one came to collect the forms, alth...Last census no one came to collect the forms, although I was sent two letters containing reply paid envelopes for me to return the forms, I refused. No further action was taken and I still have them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-1141276573562511432006-03-02T19:01:00.000+13:452006-03-02T19:01:00.000+13:45Look what I what I've done. I switched the word 'c...Look what I what I've done. I switched the word 'census' with the word 'vote' and left the logic alone.<BR/><BR/><I>If the VOTE was voluntary, we would never know whether those who filled in the VOTE forms were truly representative of the population or not. The statistics produced would be very unreliable.</I><BR/><BR/>Sounds like a blow against our democratic system. Sounds like treason against the Government- who must now, by their own lights, arrest themselves~!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06315796390662297759noreply@blogger.com