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| In Protest, Brazil Mayor Outlaws Death |
| 2005-12-14 |
| BIRITIBA MIRIM, Brazil — There's no more room to bury the dead, they can't be cremated, and laws forbid a new cemetery. So the mayor of this Brazilian farm town has proposed a solution: outlaw death. Mayor Roberto Pereira da Silva's proposal to the town council asks residents to "take good care of your health in order not to die" and warns that "infractors will be held responsible for their acts." The bill, which sets no penalty for passing away, is meant to protest a federal law that has barred a new or expanded cemetery in Biritiba Mirim, a town of 28,000 people 45 miles east of Sao Paulo. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Environmental protection measures rule out cremation. Hey Dumbasses! What's left after a body is burned? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-12-14 20:33 |
| #3 Hey! I just came up with a great money making idea! I'm going to start a campaign to do this here. Gonna hook up with the liberals and get them to send me lots of money. This is just the sort of reality detachment idea that they could really get into. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-12-14 10:47 |
| #2 So... is dying a capital offense? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-12-14 03:58 |
| #1 Ahaaaaaaaaaaaaa! A brazilian TV sitcom "telenovela" in portuguese called o "Bem Amado" were a village mayor fought to inaugurate the local cemetery...as such the mayor was always searching for some villager with health problems...:) |
| Posted by: Unetch Flinetch3868 2005-12-14 03:35 |