Talk:Prohibition of dying

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Did you know... that in a few villages and towns of southern France and Spain it is illegal to die, and that there are attempts to have the same law in a town in Brazil?

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Delos in antiquity[edit]

The example of Delos in Antiquity. Taboo. --Wetman (talk) 20:16, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done[1]. ♠TomasBat 23:40, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Punishment[edit]

Information on the punishment may be a good idea. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 23:22, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Death penalty! Oh wait... —harej // change the rules 19:27, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I read an article from a newspaper in the year 1900 in which suicide was illegal. A judge fined someone for attempting suicide, warning that if the person tried again, there might be more serious consequences. 207.216.13.209 (talk) 02:13, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Need to myth check[edit]

At least one case on here, the UK one, relied on citations that themselves are incorrect. There are lots of widely reported urban legends about ridiculous laws, such as the one used as the UK1 citation, but that doesn't make them reliable. People should really check to see if a law has been myth busted first before they actually put it on here. Antonine (talk) 22:20, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Longyearbyen urban myth[edit]

I've removed the reference to Longyearbyen due to its status as an urban myth. There is no reliable source that indicates death is prohibited in Longyearbyen. The BBC article took a bit of journalistic license. People who die in Longyearbyen are flown to the Norwegian mainland for burial, because natural heaving of the permafrost gradually brings coffins (and bodies) to the surface.Source. There is, however, a distinct difference between disallowing burial and disallowing death. Even on the Longyearbyen talk page, it was determined not to add this spurious information to the main article. 2601:7:B80:B1A:58F3:1418:75E4:BA96 (talk) 19:50, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Illegal in every state?![edit]

There's a single line for the US saying dying is illegal in every state; that's a big claim and I can't find any supporting links after a quick Google. Added the citation needed tag, as a result 222.154.25.7 (talk) 11:41, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The fifth death in the Palace of Westminster[edit]

In the references to Alfred Billson (British politician)'s article is this link to Hansard:

I remember a case many years ago when a similar course was followed when a Member of the House died in the library

Does anyone remember offhand who this member was? Marnanel (talk) 16:44, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]