Posted on 04/14/2018 6:55:04 PM PDT by PROCON
A sad case of self-immolation with fossil fuels, to protest fossil fuels
A green activist who was a pioneering lawyer for gay and transgender rights — including in the infamous “Boys Don’t Cry” murder case — committed suicide by setting himself on fire Saturday morning in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.
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.
Passersby were horrified to see Buckel’s blackened, prone remains.
“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.
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I just showed your post to my Wife and stepdaughter.
You owe us three keyboards.
A good start!
"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
LOL, and some obey..incredible.
On September 13, 1993, motorists driving on the Massachusetts Turnpike witnessed an unusual sight: A highway billboard for the Museum of Science in Boston had been covered by a ten-foot-by-ten-foot black banner with the words “Save the Planet—Kill Yourself” painted in white.
It would be the first high-profile action by the newly formed Church of Euthanasia, featuring the group’s most enduring slogan. Throughout the 1990s the church orchestrated several similarly outrageous public actions—including an appearance on the Jerry Springer Show—seeking to draw attention to the environmental dangers of overpopulation.
Today the Church of Euthanasia website is still up and serves as an archive, although the church itself is gone. Its aggressive campaign against the existence of humanity never caught on, but you can say this for the group: In falling apart, at least they practiced what they preached...
For this reason, the church—and Korda is adamant that she perceives it as a religion first and foremost—has one commandment: “Thou shalt not procreate.”
There are also four pillars, which are voluntary: suicide (”optional but encouraged”), abortion (”may be required to avoid procreation”), cannibalism (”mandatory if you insist on eating flesh,” but only if someone is already dead), and sodomy (”optional, but strongly encouraged”).
“Save the Planet, Kill Yourself” emerged as a succinct way to express alarm at the destruction of the environment, as well as a pathway to the only viable remedy Korda could identify, which was voluntary population reduction.
It's a hot topic.
(I guess this guy hasn't been to Minnesota recently: we're in the middle of as 12" - 18" blizzard...)
BURNING MAN FESTIVAL
...you’re doing it wrong
In the words of Benny Hill, "Well done......and you will be."
Disco Inferno!
See my post #31 this thread.
Here’s to hoping that it starts a trend.
If he’d only waited a few more years, global warming would have fried him.
Hmm, I wonder if Al Gore and DiCapprio will go to his funeral?
Yes, man is contributing 0.0001% to global warming.
The other 99.9999% is from the Sun which is million times bigger than the piddly small planet earth.
When Sun activity cycles down we will again get ice age for the millionth time. I rather like a warmer climate than freeze my butt in colder climate.
Darwin Award winner this week.
Gives new meaning to “activist.”
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