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Environmentalist Burns Himself to Death to Protest Fossil Fuels
Townhall.com ^ | April 14, 2018 | Timothy Meads

Posted on 04/14/2018 6:39:29 PM PDT by Kaslin

The New York Post reports that environmental activist and legal expert David Buckel has committed suicide in the name of environmentalism. The high profile lawyer, who made a name for himself as a prolific gay and transgender rights attorney, set himself on fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park earlier today.  

From the New York Post: 

"In a gruesome protest against the ecological destruction of the earth, David Buckel, 60, left behind a charred corpse and a typed suicide note that said he was burning himself to death using “fossil fuel” to reflect how mankind was likewise killing itself, police sources said.

He left the note behind in a manila envelope marked “To The Police,” recovered from inside a black metal push cart he discarded at the scene.

Witnesses report the scene was horrifyingly gruesome. 

“It was just lying there, on its back, knees slightly bent like someone would lie on the sand at the beach,” said Irena Ryjova, 44, who rollerbladed past at around 7 a.m., less than an hour after the immolation.

“It’s a shock; it’s a shame,” said mom Dana Lall, as she shepherded a crowd of Catholic school kids past the gory scene, en route to a baseball game.

According to the New York Daily News, the note started off "My name is David Buckel and I just killed myself by fire as a protest suicide. I apologize to you for the mess." 

My early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves,” he wrote. “A lifetime of service may best be preserved by giving a life ... Honorable purpose in life invites honorable purchase in death...I hope it is an honorable death that might serve others," he added. 

Buckel's suicide in the name of political demonstration may be the most radical, and saddest, protest in recent memory. 

Author's note: Suicide for any reason is always a tragedy and never the answer. If you or somebody you know are contemplating suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention hotline. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Buckel family. 


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KEYWORDS: brooklyn; davidbuckel; energy; environmentalism; envirowhackos; flaming; globalwarminghoax; goodriddance; homosexualagenda; hydrocarbons; maga; neywork; opec; prospectpark; suicide
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To: Sontagged

Good points!


101 posted on 04/15/2018 6:20:30 AM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon (Thank God for President Trump.)
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To: Kaslin

OMG! Maybe he was dying of AIDS anyhow and wanted to avoid the harrowing life toward the end and decided to go out in flames, literally, for some goofy, ridiculous cause.


102 posted on 04/15/2018 6:22:48 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: Sontagged; lee martell

I hope some detective is investigating at least the possibility that this is murder...


103 posted on 04/15/2018 6:26:01 AM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon (Thank God for President Trump.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yes.


104 posted on 04/15/2018 7:00:29 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: mywholebodyisaweapon

Yeah. Sometimes being immolated is murder, so I wouldn’t assume too quickly without confirmation.


105 posted on 04/15/2018 7:04:27 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: grey_whiskers

Sorry I’m too cynical my take is he is was a gay, lbgt, HIV activist, He finds out he is dying of aids and does this because you know the democrats never let a crisis go to waste. Why just die when you can try and use your death to advance your liberal agenda...


106 posted on 04/15/2018 9:16:47 AM PDT by edzo4 (Thank Q very much!!!)
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To: EdnaMode

So is advocating for special ersatz rights for persons based upon sexually dysfunctional homoeroticism.


107 posted on 04/15/2018 6:27:57 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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