• Italian mayor bans dying
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[quote]The mayor of small town in Italy’s south has surprised residents with an order that seems impossible to obey: don't die, as the local cemetery is short of space. *The 4,000 residents of Falciano del Massico, a town some 50 kilometers north of Naples, have been challenged with a recent order by mayor Giulio Cesare Fava. The document reads that “it is forbidden for residents … to go beyond the boundaries of earthly life, and to go into to the afterlife.” A dispute broke out between del Massico and the neighboring town of Carinola, from which it gained autonomy in 1964. Carinola has owned the cemetery since. “The problem arose when they subdivided the land, because when they divided the territory, the administrators did not think about the fact that the town of Falciano would not have its own cemetery,” the mayor explained. Those who died in both the towns were buried in the old cemetery, until finally there was no free space left for new graves. An expansion was being planned, but the communities of the two towns could not come to a solution that would satisfy both sides, and Falciano came up with a project to build a new cemetery. “There are no more niches available and the citizens protested, so I issued a challenging ordinance in which I said: 'Citizens, while we await the construction of the new cemetery, I order you not to die, so we don’t have any problems,'” Fava told the Associated Press. Most of those living in the town find it absurd not having a cemetery of their own – burying their family members away from the place their relatives live is wrong, they believe, but of course they could hardly take the town’s head order seriously. There have already been two residents to break Fava’s order by their deaths after March 5, according to Italian daily La Stampa.[/quote] Sources: [url]http://rt.com/news/mayor-italy-cemetery-order-597/[/url] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17378497[/url] <--- with video I wonder what the penalty is for disobeying.
How thoughtful
[QUOTE=zombieslaya;35153562]I wonder what the penalty is for disobeying.[/QUOTE] Death penalty, of course.
[QUOTE=zombieslaya;35153562] I wonder what the penalty is for disobeying.[/QUOTE] Death sentence?
What a joke. The penalty for breaking this law? Capital punishment. [editline]15th March 2012[/editline] ninjas everywhere
Haven't I read this before?
I accept this challenge.
This just in: The suicide rate in Falciano skyrockets. :v:
Well, American politicians don't look quite so crazy now, do they? :smugface:
[IMG]http://www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/wp-images/torchwood/630/torchwood-miracle-day.jpg[/IMG] This is the first thing that came to mind.
They should invest in the machinery needed for cremation, and either allow the family to store the remains or offer to store them in a large mausoleum. It's much more space efficient.
If you die, [b]Your going to jail!...[/b] No?
What's their punishment if they do?
Dunno if anyone has noticed, but the mayor is called Julius Ceasar.
What causes people to formulate these ideas in their heads and accept them as good ideas?
[QUOTE=znk666;35153619]Death sentence?[/QUOTE] Nay... Life sentence...
[QUOTE=zombieslaya;35153562]I wonder what the penalty is for disobeying.[/QUOTE] getting launched into the sea with a trebuchet
In the US we get taxed for dying.
It's Pelagius III all over again!
Posting in an Onion thread.
[QUOTE=acds;35154118]Dunno if anyone has noticed, but the mayor is called Julius Ceasar.[/QUOTE] I personally would have gone with Caligula, but good joke nonetheless.
That is one way to decrease the overall percentage of serial criminals.
[QUOTE=Ridge;35153792]Well, American politicians don't look quite so crazy now, do they? :smugface:[/QUOTE] No, they still do...
[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;35154335]In the World we get taxed for everything.[/QUOTE]Fixed
His last name is "Fava". It means dick in some parts of Italy. Fitting name chaps, case solved.
[QUOTE=deltasquid;35153614]Death penalty, of course.[/QUOTE] Damn, you got there before me!
[QUOTE=Ridge;35153792]Well, American politicians don't look quite so crazy now, do they? :smugface:[/QUOTE] lol our politicians here in Italy aren't crazy they're just corrupted to the bones as for mayors of little cities, can't say they're really politicians
What's wrong with dying your hair?
They ran out of space in the cemetery. I wonder where they will put the knew bodies.
What happens if you are legally dead and they revive you? What happens then?
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