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[quote][b]Remus (Sep 02, 2002 03:47 p.m.):[/b] [i](exerpt from The Californian -- Sunday, Sept. 1, 2002)[/i] SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- May the Force be with you. Amen. More than 70,000 fans of the "Star Wars" movies have upset Australia's statistics agency by identifying their religion as "Jedi" during last year's national census. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday that 0.37 percent of the nation's population of 19 million, or 70,509 people, had written Jedi or a related response to an optional question about their faith when the head count was taken last August. Jedi is a mystical faith followed by some of the central characters in the "Star Wars" films. The prank began early last year when "Star Wars" fans circulated an e-mail across Australia saying the government would be forced to recognize Jedi as an official religion if at least 10,000 people named it on the census. When made aware of the campaign, the statistics agency announced that respondents faced a fine of 1,000 Australian dollars ($540) if they were found to have given false information. In a statement Tuesday on its internet site, the agency did not say whether it would try to fine the Jedi faithful. ;D How much does that rock?[/quote]
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