Government 'requests'- The answer is always 'no'

The standard response to any government "request", demand, or threat should be a firm "No".  Whether it is the census, a demand to comply with a new "law", or any other authoritarian nonsense. 

Now, I realize it is hard to actually look a person in the eye and refuse to cooperate with them.  I know from personal experience it is even hard to talk to a flesh-and-blood vampire of the State on the phone and refuse to cooperate when they are being desperately polite.  Especially when that person is simply trying to do their job, and they think their job is "good" for society (even as it harms the individuals who comprise that society).  You will be labeled a "troublemaker" and the simple-minded bureaucrat will not understand why you don't just give in.  I'm certain it is the same in Albuquerque as it is everywhere else.

I don't judge anyone for doing what they feel they must.  But I ask you to really think about it the next time you are presented with the choice to stand up for yourself or grovel on your knees.  Because, really, there is no choice.

Speaking of the census; don't forget that there is no justification for it that passes the "baloney test".  Read this again if you need a reminder.

For your reading amusement, I reproduce a comment I just received:

Lots of well-merited silence going on around here. Dude, you should consider spending more time gardening, or sleeping. Anything other than trying to write.

Hey, at least he is more literate than the average detractor.