Reply With QuoteSadly though, that still wouldn't be the stupidest reason someone got or might get arrested. In Singapore people would get fines or even be arrested for chewing gum.
Today's forecast is... prison! South African weathermen face jail or fines if they get it wrong | Mail Online
I heard this on the news this morning. South African weather forecasters face jail if they predict the wrong weather. First of all, it's a prediction and second of all this is just too ridiculousto be a joke even. I can see the occupation of weather man taking quite a down fall. And the jail sentences they face are absolutely retarded.
Oh no! It's raining when it's meant to sunny! You're going to prison!
I'm eating a hot cross bun in January. Am I going be arrested and put in prison?
Last edited by NikkiLinkle; 01-16-2012 at 05:15 PM.
Sadly though, that still wouldn't be the stupidest reason someone got or might get arrested. In Singapore people would get fines or even be arrested for chewing gum.
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The reason for the gum chewing rule in Singapore is because the country has over 18,000 people living in a mile radius for population density (over 7000/km). To sacrifice luxuries for some is best to protect the pollution levels for all.Originally Posted by Xanatos
The weather rule sounds pretty absurd to me, regardless.
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hahas, updated July 28th (oldie but goodie!):
Well actually, the article says that if they wrongly predict severe weather, and they have to get permission from the country's national weather service first. So it's not applied to wrongly predicting non-severe weather like a rain shower. Still, it means that anyone who sees a tornado in the distance or whatever would legally have to get written permission to broadcast this information-to protect the citizens from panic, and unnecessary taxes due to needless evacuation. I guess they get a lot of bad weather down there. Oh, and the national weather service would not be held accountable if they incorrectly predicted severe weather.
Either way, sounds like an overtly extreme answer to the problem. Which doesn't really strike me as uncommon with government policies anywhere. Anyhoo...
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Well that's just annoying. One, because you actually explained why something stupid is done. And two, for attempting to justify something stupid by stating pollution levels. Only ***** environmentalists and/or people with vaginas worry about pollution.
Anyway, I don't think putting meteorologists in prison for predicting the weather wrong is a good idea. Every meteorologist will eventually predict the weather wrong. Eventually it's just going to be broadcasted from prison. They should save time, effort, and tax payer's money, and just get rid of a stupid law.
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