tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post1971519513139507477..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: Survey Reveals Children's Ignorance About EasterWodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-25035116801961810182012-04-09T17:56:37.307+01:002012-04-09T17:56:37.307+01:00You can prove almost anything with a suitable surv...You can prove almost anything with a suitable survey.<br /><br />Lately, local surveys have tended to include something like:<br /><br />1. Were you born outside the country?<br /><br />2. If so, did you immigrate (0-5 years ago, 6-10 years ago etc.)<br /><br />This appears to be a way of getting at the whole ethnic immigrant thing kind of sideways.<br /><br />I answer it honestly. It's not my fault my parents happened to be in a neigbouring country for a few months around the time of my birth. I can't help feeling I'm giving them a wrong view of my ethnicity.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17343576593315811633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-65722057237700510942012-04-09T16:35:24.604+01:002012-04-09T16:35:24.604+01:00still think it's brilliant...still think it's brilliant...desmondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-4209108294872137602012-04-09T13:53:08.927+01:002012-04-09T13:53:08.927+01:00I always think that surveys are flawed. People who...I always think that surveys are flawed. People who design them deliberately frame the questions to be difficult and to catch people out and to make them look ignorant. <br /><br />The National Census is such a one.<br /><br />It's obvious to me and anyone who knows me that I'm a White Anglo Saxon Protestant, so why isn't that one of the options? Instead, we have to sort through all sorts of ethnic origins, including 'other' what's that about? and than answer a separate question about religious beliefs. What a waste of time, I just answered 'other' and left the rest of the description blank. Let them work it out for themselves.<br /><br />Another silly survey is the one we keep getting each year for the Electoral Roll. It includes the details of us, as we've lived here for years. We pay our Council tax, or they'd soon be round to sort us out. So, why do we have to answer additional stupid questions?<br /><br />Religious surveys are the worst. If government policy is that religion is a cult (like the Beaker folk), why are they so interested? It's not as if they listen to what Cults say! We don't need surveys, we need a tax on Atheists and Secularists to pay for the upkeep of our Ancient Monuments - Sorry, Churches, to really give them something to create a fuss about.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-26713932060034751932012-04-09T11:23:49.965+01:002012-04-09T11:23:49.965+01:00Brilliant...Brilliant...Desmondnoreply@blogger.com