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I thought we had problems
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:02 am
by dukalmighty
PAU, France (AFP) - The mayor of a French village has issued a decree banning residents from dying in his territory unless they own a spot in the overcrowded cemetery.
"It is forbidden for any person not having a plot in the cemetery ... to die on the territory of the village," the mayor of the southwestern village of Sarpourenx wrote in a decree that warned of "severe punishment" for offenders.
I'm wondering what the severe punishment is,
Re: I thought we had problems
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:56 am
by seamusTX
Re: I thought we had problems
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:44 am
by Lodge2004
Just out of curiosity, has any U.S. politician ever proposed a law to ban crime? Although silly, it seems like a good counter to the frequent "ban guns" proposals that come out. It would be interesting to see how the press would react to a very well written bill.
Re: I thought we had problems
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:38 pm
by KBCraig
dukalmighty wrote: I'm wondering what the severe punishment is,
Death penalty.
Of course.
Re: I thought we had problems
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:15 pm
by aardwolf
dukalmighty wrote:I'm wondering what the severe punishment is,
I think they bury them on English soil.
Re: I thought we had problems
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:32 pm
by seamusTX
When the Royalists returned to power they wanted to punish Oliver Cromwell, who had toughtlessly died a couple of years earlier. They dug up his body and had it drawn, hanged, and quartered, and threw his remains in a pit.
Later regimes typically tortured and killed the families of enemies that were out of reach.
- Jim