If this catches on, the world may become a quieter place.
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| 'I apologize for the mess': Jogger finds scorched remains of prominent gay rights activist and lawyer, 60, who set himself on fire in a Brooklyn park in a protest over fossil fuels and left cops a note to say sorry and identify himself |
| 2018-04-15 |
If this catches on, the world may become a quieter place. |
| Posted by:Anomalous Sources |
| #14 My name is David Buckel and I just killed myself by fire as a protest suicide.’ Hiiii David. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-04-15 19:39 |
| #13 What do you say to a gay environmentalist lawyer who immolates himself for his cause? Well done! |
| Posted by: badanov 2018-04-15 19:12 |
| #12 I think Homer was on a different path there: |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-04-15 15:16 |
| #11 Um, anyone know what Bill Joy is up to these days? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-04-15 15:13 |
| #10 In the same way that Orwell said that pacifists were objectively pro-fascist, the deindustrialization fetishists are objectively pro-communist-party, wanting to transfer the country's sovereignity to the primary foreign ally and patron of the Khmer Rouge back in the day. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-04-15 11:50 |
| #9 He wants Western Civilization to cut its own throat by deindustrializing, which would result in Western Civilization being cut-down-to-size by its rivals like China. Meanwhile, at Hacker News: Weibo to ban gay, violent content from platform . |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-04-15 11:48 |
| #8 Another case of Spontaneous Dip$hit Combustion. Just ask anyone who's ever worked around a manure pile, they catch fire easily. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-04-15 10:40 |
| #7 #5 Yep |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-04-15 08:59 |
| #6 If only more eliminatists would voluntarily follow the same path. Lead by example! |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-04-15 08:20 |
| #5 g(r)om, that's fine as long as they stick to non-burnable locations. Don't want these wackadoodles starting any forest fires do we? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-04-15 08:12 |
| #4 I hope this becomes a custom. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-04-15 06:25 |
| #3 Mr. Buckel believes these are 'fossil fuels' - I think there may be some doubt as to how oil & gas develop & form. I don't think it's entirely attributable to dead dinosaurs & trees, but have at it. Plus - there's more to this story; you don't just up and self righteously self-immolate for no reason - jilted lover / financial problems seem like more likely reasons. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-04-15 06:07 |
| #2 Shoulda used briquettes. Less CO2 that way. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-04-15 00:48 |
| #1 So he protested carbon-based fuels by becoming a carbon-based fuel? Where is the logic in that? Spock graphic added per your excellent comment PM |
| Posted by: Percy McCoy4369 2018-04-15 00:23 |