Didn’t know that Moses is the first blogger
![Only in Malaysia you see genocide and racism being promoted in the mass media, and a lot of Malaysians supporting it. Translation: “I could have wipe out the Jews when I was in power. I left some of them alive for you to ponder upon the reason [of my genocide].”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pwx6fdYJ1qltv1yo1_500.jpg)
Only in Malaysia you see genocide and racism being promoted in the mass media, and a lot of Malaysians supporting it. Translation: “I could have wipe out the Jews when I was in power. I left some of them alive for you to ponder upon the reason [of my genocide].”
Why it takes 72 years to release the 1940 Census?
The “real story” (in quotes because even pages of and pages of this stuff is still merely a summary of the real sources) can be read at
http://www.census.gov/history/www/reference/genealogy/the_72_year_rule.html [census.gov]
The exact number 72 was selected because in 1952 they wanted to give away the 1880 census information. Essentially declassify it by transfer from the BC to the NA. I think you can see the math there, 1952 - 72 = 1880 The exact 72 year range has stuck since then.
The legal BS behind the general range of “more than 70 years” was selected, as you’ll read at the link above, because the census officers had to / have to take an oath to never release the data. Assuming someone lied on their application and got hired anyway at 10 (unlikely), and assuming that even in extenuating circumstances there are no govt employees of any sort over the age of 82 (unlikely), that means waiting 72 years means the oath takers successfully did their duty and while it was in their power, blah blah blah, they never released the data. Essentially its your usual govt corruption. Technically according to the rule of the law the folks who gathered your 2010 census data will Never permit the release of the 2010 census data …. Never … of course they’ll be dead or retired eventually at which point it’ll be released anyway in 2082, assuming the country doesn’t self destruct first, at which time the oath takers will all be dead or retired.
Its legal bullshit because if you’re convicted of a crime by a judge, just because a judge dies or retires doesn’t mean you’re a free man. Another example would be the priest who married me and my wife about a dozen years ago by the process of signing the marriage license recently died… that does not automagically make us single. Also from my military experience the death of a guy who classified a document doesn’t automagically free that document.
If someone invents an immortality treatment, we’ll have to come up with some new legal technicality bullshit. But for now 72 years works and is the tradition.
