Some people just can’t cope with the human condition, so they try to legislate it out of existence. Case in point:

Better in than out: African country set to make breaking wind a crime

Breaking wind is set to be made a crime in an African country.
The government of Malawi plan to punish persistent offenders ‘who foul the air’ in a bid to ‘mould responsible and disciplined citizens.’
But locals fear that pinning responsibility on the crime will be difficult – and may lead to miscarriages of justice as ‘criminals’ attempt to blame others for their offence.

One Malawian told the website Africanews.com: ‘My goodness. What happens in a public place where a group is gathered. Do they lock up half a minibus?
‘And how about at meetings where it is difficult to pinpoint ‘culprits’?

‘Children will openly deny having passed bad air and point at an elder. Culturally, this is very embarrassing,’ she said.

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I happened to mention this to an attorney, who pointed out that such asinine-sounding laws are often enacted to create an opportunity for selective enforcement against anybody whom the “powers that be” want to punish.

Despite the efforts of Beano, it is obvious that flatulence won’t be going away anytime soon. Flatulence in livestock has been blamed for “global warming,” even though the latter is obviously not occurring at all. The causes and effects of flatulence have been explored on Mythbusters. Before long, it will come out, despite one’s efforts to hold it back.

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