(Observer, 20 February 2011).
A boycott would only make the enterprise more cost-effective for L.M. and will land you with a fine or even a brief prison sentence.
But Peace News have come up with a better idea...
Make the processing of forms more expensive for L.M. thus reducing their profit margin.
DO NOT FILL IN YOUR CENSUS SURVEY ON LINE
1. Block out some of every bar code on every page.
Do this discretely and it will delay the process and mean the identification info will be manually entered.
2. smudge and smear.
In other words, fill the form in when you're having a cup of tea and a nice piece of marmalade on toast.
3. fill in some text up side down. Not only will this confuse the machine it will also slow down whoever subsequently manually inputs the date.
4. Be creative
If you've got a few empty boxes you might want to doodle a little.
5. Crease and crumple
Don't give those scanners an easy time of it.
6. Be an individual
Write to "Free post 2011 Census, Processing Centre, UK" and ask for individual questionnaires for each person in your household and repeat 1 - 5 for each of these.
Thank you Peace News!
