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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Would that it were that easy.

Did you know that in some areas of the world it is illegal to die. This is true, Originally it was illegal to die for religious reasons. In the 5th century B.C. on the Greek island of Delos it was forbidden for anyone to be born, or to die. Which we have to assume resulted in a lot of sick people and pregnant women being shuttled off the island in a hurried attempt to avoid punishment. (If you died on the island the punishment must have been severe.) But ancient Greece is not the only time and place that dying was forbidden. In the Spanish village of Lanjoran the Mayor has passed a law to forbid dying until land is bought for a larger cemetery. A sensible response to politicians who told him he is not working fast enough on buying more land for cemetery use. Why don't they simply cremate the remains to save space, religious reasons of course. In the Brazilian town of Biritiba-Mirim the mayor has forbidden the populace to die or their relatives will face serious fines or possibly jail. That'll teach those selfish people not to die on his watch. (The fines would of course be used to buy a larger cemetery plot. Although it will be difficult to find land that is viable as the area has many underground rivers.) There are 19 other towns in Brazil that have forbidden dying, also places in France. These are just another example of how INSANE politics can be. Ciao for now.

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