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.
Sadly his gaia martyrdom remains unrequited.
Climate changers your example is set !
Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Come on Baby Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano
“Fire” by Crazy World of Arthur Brown”
Ugh, you beat me to it! Well done!! (get it?)
Hopefully AL Gore will join him.
Lighting the way, so to speak.
His brain was squirming like a toad
Remember this one? Arthur Brown...
am the god of hell fire, and I bring you!
Fire, I’ll take you to burn.
Fire, I’ll take you to learn.
I’ll see you burn!
You’ve fought hard and you saved and earned,
but all of it’s going to burn.
And your mind, your tiny mind,
you know you’ve really been so blind.
Now’s your time, burn your mind,
You’re falling far too far behind.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, you’re gonna burn!
Fire, to destroy all you’ve done.
Fire, to end all you’ve become.
I’ll feel you burn!
You’ve been living like a little girl,
in the middle of your little world.
And your mind, your tiny mind,
you know you’ve really been so blind.
Now’s your time, burn your mind,
you’re falling far too far behind.
Oooooooooooooo.
Fire, I’ll take you to burn.
Fire, I’ll take you to learn.
You’re gonna burn!
You’re gonna burn!
You’re gonna burn!
Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn,
burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, ahhhhhhhhh
Fire, I’ll take you to burn.
Fire, I’ll take you to learn.
Fire, I’ll take you to burn.
Fire, fire ahhhhh...
later
Oil is abiogenic, so the joke is on the self-immolator. He is aware of this now. Poor lost soul.
Abiogenic. He knows now.
It’s a good start. Now if we can only convince the rest of them to follow his example.
On the Psycho Path.
Can we say he went out in a blaze of glory?
I'd say "That's one". Setting an example, I hope, for the rest.
With a little bit of luck, maybe the practice will “catch on”...
I say, but doesn’t NYC have laws against setting yourself on fire?
Old Art was certainly waaaaaay out there. Good find.
Nilsson- Jump Into The Fire
Pat Benatar- Fire And Ice
That’s what I thought...
if it were a protest, why would he burn himself, alone, in the middle of the night?
Great way for a murderer to cover his tracks.
P.S. This guy had plenty of enemies. He was a lawyer for pedos/LAMDA.
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