N�o � bem assim...
Isso n�o significa que a religi�o Jedi foi reconhecida, apenas que um n�mero
suficiente de pessoas respondeu Jedi no censo deste ano, e por isso o
departamento de estat�sticas deu um c�digo pr�prio pra religi�o. Mas ano que
vem, quando os n�meros finais forem publicados, Jedi deve mesmo ser agrupada
nos "Outros".
Na �poca do censo, chegou a circular um boato de que se 10 mil pessoas
respondessem "Jedi", o reconhecimento seria autom�tico. Mas n�o h� nada na
lei brit�nica que diga isso, e se o governo resolver implicar, pode aplicar
a lei que prev� processo e multa (se n�o me engano 500 libras, 2.000 reais)
para quem mentir num formul�rio do censo...

[]s Londrinos
Eric
p.s.: Eu N�O preenchi "Jedi" no formul�rio...

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Jedi Master" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 11:09 PM
Subject: [starwars] Jedaismo OFICIALIZADO


religiao jedi!
ja goi muito discutida aqui.... desta vez parece que
e' oficial l'a no reino unido... hehehehehehe




http://www.theforce.net/holonet/index.html#12583



THE OFFICIAL JEDI RELIGION

The Register talks about the religion of the Jedi
Knights, now officially recognized by the country:
Jedi Knights have gained official recognition as a
religion in the UK Census 2001.
Coming very near the bottom of an official list of
religions put out by the Statistics Office, Jedi
Knight is known by the code 896. Heathen comes in at
897. Followed by Atheist at 898 and lastly None with
899. It's not exactly a ringing endorsement though
since the 800s come after every other religion, no
matter how obscure, and 700 is used for all "other
religions".

We reported in April about a worldwide attempt to get
Jedi Knight accepted as a religion. It started out a
daft idea but thanks to email and the Internet soon a
whole army of budding Luke Skywalkers had joined in.

We spoke to the Home Office - which was not overly
entertained especially since the Census is supposed to
be deadly serious. However the Home Office would not
say what constituted a religion and we subsequently
discovered that while you can be heavily fined for
putting down false details on a census form, it does
not apply to the religion question.

Thanks to Gavin Hanly for finding it first!

UPDATE
Catherine tells us that Empire has a bit of an update:


Today we were met with some equally jaded feedback
from the government department responsible for sifting
through the mountains of Census forms. 'The file in
question is a coding frame,' explained a spokesperson.
'It's used to classify the answers we got to that
particular question.'  So will Jedi Knights make it on
to some official documents when the census results are
published? 'We don't have the power or the desire to
recognise new religions,' she  sighed. 'But if
somebody wants to know how many people put Jedi Knight
as their religion, once the Census is published, that
might be possible.'

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