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.
Or...
D. He was murdered and this is a mockingly ingenious way for the killer to cover his tracks.
The guy was a lawyer for LAMDA, plenty of enemies.
P.S. How come us FReepers always just blindingly accept the MSM headlines and narrative?
It takes hours for a body to burn, so this happened at least by midnight.
Who would “protest suicide” himself and do it alone, the dark without cameras?
...prolific gay and transgender rights attorney....
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I think I see the real source of problem.
See what he did for the cause? Now the rest of you environmentalists take that as an example.
Chuckle.
Some people would call it a tragedy but I call it a “good start”.
If you are so stupid that you wish to burn yourself alive due to other people’s lies and manipulationa then I will gladly hand you the matches with dry eyes.
“It takes hours for a body to burn, so this happened at least by midnight.
I hadn’t even considered that possibility!
Already I was wondering where the leftover containers of accelerants were? There had to be a potent amount of fuel to start and continue such a fire to burn someone into a cinder.
I believe that’s Carl Palmer on drums on the video, although he wasn’t the original drummer on the song.
Dude, your self-immolation just shortened the life of the planet by one tick of the clock.
It reminded me I need to fill the tank on the pickup and treat the mower with SeaFoam.
My Jeep has 500 HP. Maybe I should put the 6cyl back in it? Nah, ain’t gonna happen.
“It’s a shock; it’s a shame,” said mom Dana Lall...
I had to read that name twice - I kept thinking it was the Dali Lhama, with the Buddhist’s burning.
I can’t figure out why this guy wanted to burn himself - but with nobody around? I imagine he had more personal reasons for killing himself, and then figured as a secondary “reason” he could grandstand. But again - not much of an attention-getter if it is done quietly in the woods.
How do we encourage more of this? I would gladly reduce my carbon footprint if liberals would off themselves in greater numbers.
Crazy in life..
Crazy in his death...
Good example of noisemaker actually being crazy....
What rock and roll song?
Disco...burn baby burn...
Other songs....liar, liar by the castaways..or...You’re gonna get your fingers burned...Alan Parsons project
...burning love...elvis...Hot pants...james brown
Best r&r group? Matchstick men..
One less greenie to worry about. Now if we can just some of the others to follow suit.
Talk about your own carbon footprint
I wonder what his prognosis was before he decided to kill himself? My first guess is not very good.
And just where do you think the IRS is headquartered? They'll be waiting with spits ready.
He taught me a lesson.
Gay drama queen and crazy left wing activist.
So the last thing you do in life is email the NYT?
A new level of crazy
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