RULES AND PROHIBITIONS
Reviewing
about rules and prohibitions established by governments in different countries
and that fall in the extreme, I find one in particular that caught my
attention. In Norway is
located a town called Longyearbyen of approximately 2,000 inhabitants in which
it is forbidden to die. That is right, since the 1950s the
government decreed by law that those who are seriously ill should be
transferred to Oslo, this being the closest city (three hours of flight) to
receive treatment or in the worst case die. This is because in Longyearbyen, the temperature is so low
that the corpses do not decompose and remain fresh; which is why no funerals
have been held since then.
Although it seems absurd, this norm
makes a lot of sense. In 1998 a group of investigators exhumed some bodies of
sailors who had died because of the Spanish flu in 1918 that claimed the lives
of millions of people, finding that the strain was still present in the
corpses.
What the government seeks with this
prohibition is to prevent any contagious disease from spreading into an
epidemic or as happened with the Spanish flu pandemic.
At
the beginning when the measure was implemented the citizens were not very
familiar with it, but nowadays they see it as something normal within their
lifestyle; so much so that pregnant women in the seventh month of gestation
move to different cities in Norway to give birth, this in case there is any
complication that compromises your life or the baby that is coming.
Interesting, right? Do you know some
other rules or prohibitions that seem strange? Tell us what.
Hi, I found other rule that is curios and strange.
ResponderEliminarIn Victoria (Australia), you can't change a light bulb that has been burned because this kind of "work" only can do it a electrical technician, in other way you wolud be implicate in a ilegal action.
In tailand is banned step, wrinkle the money, it implicates a disrespect to the king because his face is printed in the ticket.
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ResponderEliminarI found out that in Singapure you are not allowed to chewing gum because it is nasty to find those gumballs everywhere and also, this law was enacted to prevent bad behavior.
That is interesting.
ResponderEliminarIn Norway, at the election period, it is not allowed to sell beverages with an alcohol content higher than 4.75% because they affect the intelligence to make a decision.
Very interesting!
ResponderEliminarI found that in Japan, you can only dance after midnight if the lights are on. The government with this rule has decreased incidents at nightclubs. The level of lighting should be at least 10 lux.
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ResponderEliminarI found that in Switzerland, you're not allowed to flush the toilet after 10 p.m. as it 's considered noise pollution.
This is weird
ResponderEliminarIn UK, Parliament's famous Salmon Act of 1986 states that it's illegal to hold a salmon under suspicious circumstances. Sounds fishy, but it's true.
Hi! I found that in Petrolia, Ontario you can not make excessive noise. The rule states that no yelling, shouting, whistling or singing is allowed atanytime because is considered disturbing.
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