Mayor wants to ban death
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Anonova said:
Mayor wants to ban death
The mayor of a Brazilian town 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 doctors.
scorp said:
That's the problem with Catholic countries, anywhere else you could just burn the buggers.
Catholics generally are cremated aren't they?
>> Edited by scorp on Friday 9th December 16:22
Since Vatican 2 it's permitted but not encouraged I believe.
Catholic site said:although how the feck you resurrect a pile of ashes is beyond me.
The Church permits cremation, provided that it does not demonstrate a denial of faith in the Resurrection of the body
Einion Yrth said:
That's the problem with Catholic countries, anywhere else you could just burn the buggers.
Catholics generally are cremated aren't they?
>> Edited by scorp on Friday 9th December 16:22
Since Vatican 2 it's permitted but not encouraged I believe.Catholic site said:although how the feck you resurrect a pile of ashes is beyond me.
The Church permits cremation, provided that it does not demonstrate a denial of faith in the Resurrection of the body
[pedant mode] So, I'd like to hear your scientific explanation of the resurrection of hundreds of years old corpses who havent been toasted and packaged [/pedant mode]
randlemarcus said:Point taken, but then I think it's all bollox anyway.
That's the problem with Catholic countries, anywhere else you could just burn the buggers.
Catholics generally are cremated aren't they?
>> Edited by scorp on Friday 9th December 16:22
Since Vatican 2 it's permitted but not encouraged I believe.Catholic site said:although how the feck you resurrect a pile of ashes is beyond me.
The Church permits cremation, provided that it does not demonstrate a denial of faith in the Resurrection of the body
[pedant mode] So, I'd like to hear your scientific explanation of the resurrection of hundreds of years old corpses who havent been toasted and packaged [/pedant mode]
Einion Yrth said:
That's the problem with Catholic countries, anywhere else you could just burn the buggers.
Catholics generally are cremated aren't they?
Since Vatican 2 it's permitted but not encouraged I believe.Catholic site said:
The Church permits cremation, provided that it does not demonstrate a denial of faith in the Resurrection of the body
Holy smoke......
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