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05 Mar 2008, 6:42 pm

Cemetery full, mayor tells locals not to die

BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - The mayor of a village in southwest France has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die, because there is no room left in the overcrowded cemetery to bury them.

In an ordinance posted in the council offices, Mayor Gerard Lalanne told the 260 residents of the village of Sarpourenx that "all persons not having a plot in the cemetery and wishing to be buried in Sarpourenx are forbidden from dying in the parish."

It added: "Offenders will be severely punished."

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05 Mar 2008, 6:46 pm

MrMark, why are you posting news articles here, in PPR, and probably elsewhere? They should be in the News & Current Events forum.



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05 Mar 2008, 7:00 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
MrMark, why are you posting news articles here, in PPR, and probably elsewhere? They should be in the News & Current Events forum.

Because this sort of news is off the wall.....The Mayor of Bordeaux does not seem to understand that people will
always be dying to get into a cemetery... :wink:



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05 Mar 2008, 7:02 pm

Europe is known for things like that. In the UK, its illegal to die in parliament.



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05 Mar 2008, 7:33 pm

I wonder what sort of punishment he intends to inflict on those people who die?



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05 Mar 2008, 9:08 pm

fallensamurai wrote:
I wonder what sort of punishment he intends to inflict on those people who die?


I was also thinking that! :lol:


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05 Mar 2008, 9:44 pm

Even Draco (the originator of Draconian punishment) asked what more than death he could inflict on someone...;)



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05 Mar 2008, 10:20 pm

fallensamurai wrote:
I wonder what sort of punishment he intends to inflict on those people who die?

I wonder if the punishment will fit the crime.


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08 Mar 2008, 9:06 pm

how can you punish the dead??? punish their families???



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09 Mar 2008, 5:41 am

fallensamurai wrote:
I wonder what sort of punishment he intends to inflict on those people who die?

Death penalty? :lol:


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10 Mar 2008, 11:36 am

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If you're so pro-life, do me a favor: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries. -Bill Hicks