Tuesday
01Apr2008
DEATH TO BE BANNED..
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 09:28AM Given our government's enthusiasm for BANNING things, I wonder how long we will have to wait until it follows in the footsteps of the mayor of a Brazilian town who is trying to bring in a law making it illegal for residents to die.
Mayor Roberto Pereira da Silva, of Biritiba-Mirim, came up with the idea because the town's only cemetery is full. He wants to bring in a law that would see relatives of people who die before their time face fines or even jail. The law would make it an offence for the town's 28,000 citizens to not look after their health properly. Mayor Pereira da Silva said there was no way of expending the cemetery or building a new one, reports Agora Sao Paulo. He said: "Eighty nine per cent of the town is rivers, the rest is protected because it is tropical jungle." The state government had promised to help build a new vertical cemetery - but nothing had been done. Gym memberships have reportedly shot up since the mayor announced his plans, and more people are visiting doctor.
If smoking is banned because it may lead to death, surely it follows that death should be banned because it always leads to death? You KNOW it makes sense - quick phone the Labour Party as this could lead to HUGE COST SAVINGS in the NHS....
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Reader Comments (5)
I thought this was an Aprils fools joke but then upon a quick google I find the same article from 2005
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/12/13/running-out-of-cemetery-space-town-to-ban-death/
lol you don't have the number handy do you David?
Talking of death I see the birth rate in the north is one of the highest in Britain and Ireland and even among one of the highest in Europe.
Life itself leads to death.
Ban Life !
The law would make it an offence for the town's 28,000 citizens to not look after their health properly.
And it's coming to a government near us. It'll happen here because psychopathic politicians genuinely believe that the state is the core of all life and we exist for its benefit.