Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Dead Letter Law

We have now found the inspiration for Paul Martin's handgun ban:

BIRITIBA MIRIM, Brazil (AP) - 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 70 kilometres east of Sao Paulo.


Despite the mayor's best efforts, the death rate in his town will likely remain unchanged: one per person!

Source: Yahoo

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