[_Jim]

They wanted to burn them out,

That's sheer nonsense.

[JennysCool]

They wanted to burn them out,

That's sheer nonsense.

Darn shame how those accidental fires can get out of hand.

[coloradan]

They wanted to burn them out,

That's sheer nonsense.

You're absolutely right! They didn't want to burn them out. They wanted to burn them alive, with no survivors - not to make them escape. They failed, though - a few people managed to get out.

[Brian Allen]

<< They wanted to burn them out,

That's sheer nonsense. >>

Nonsense?

They bloody DID burn them out! On network TV!

And shot many of the rest to death.

AND subsequently destroyed almost every scrap of evidence of their every criminal action and activity -- and of their every murder.

Almost every scrap.

Except enough to conclusively prove their guilt to any honest and intellectually and morally sound observer.