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Canadian Census: 20,000 Jedi Worshippers

Lev13than writes "Canada.com is reporting that some 20,000 Canadians listed "Jedi" as their religion in the last national census (2001). Apparently this is the offshoot of an Internet joke which originated in Australia a few years back. The results are interesting on a couple of levels. While it show that some people may have too much time on their hands, it also raises questions of privacy rights, Internet activism and data integrity. Although it's not statistically significant given Canada's population of 31.5 million, 20,000 lightsabre-wielding census-takers is nothing to sneeze at. StatsCan's full report (with no mention of Jedis) can be found here."

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  1. Not really by siskbc · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    How else can you explain all the Americans who can't figgure out where the heck Canada is! And yes I'm Canadian :)

    It's actually because we don't fucking care. On our maps Canada is usually listed as "Southeast Alaska."

    Aw, don't cry, I'm just kidding. One of my best friends is a dirty Canuck. Eh?

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  2. Re:In other news.... by BuckaBooBob · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Getting married will kill your sexlife 9 times out of 10. The one guy is the lucky bastard :)

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  3. Re:In other news.... by canadian_right · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Not true! Have you not heard the popular saying:
    Get married and get it regular.

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