Man sets himself on fire in political protest

The Bakersfield Californian ^ | 12/22/2006 | The Bakersfield Californian

[jamndad5]

A day after the Kern High School District board of directors voted to rename winter and spring break as Christmas and Easter break, a man set himself on fire in front of the Liberty Bell on Truxtun Avenue in apparentn protest.

He carried a sign saying, "(explicative) KHSD," according to a Kern County Sheriff's Deputy at the scene.

[martin_fierro]

Self IMHO-lation.

[Gone_Postal]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1757526/posts

[flynmudd]

This guy obviously had other psychological problems going on.

[Dreagon]

"The man was transported to a hospital with minor burns to his shoulders and arms. In route to the hospital, he made some sort of reference to religion and its destructive effects, Milam said."

As opposed to setting yourself on fire, of course. Sounds like he wasn't very serious about it anyways.

[DustyMoment]

Another moron self-cleansed from the gene pool.

tiny tommy daschle is very disappointed - another vote lost.

[pinz-n-needlez]

Hey, I just clicked a circle! ;-)

[doodad]

Self @$$holation.

[DustyMoment]

OOOps!!!

I guess he DIDN'T self cleanse.

Too bad!!

[Slings and Arrows]

I love a good self-immolation story as much as the next wisearse, but this is just silly.

[Dog Gone]

With only minor burns, he'll be back.

And he'll vote.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

[cripplecreek]

In route to the hospital, he made some sort of reference to religion and its destructive effects,

Well if he was talking about the buddhist who originally set the precedent for self immolation, he might be onto something.

[Blackirish]

He meant to say F...Kentucky Fried Chicken but he couldn't get the spelling right.

[Blackirish]

He meant to say F...Kentucky Fried Chicken but he couldn't get the spelling right.

[dsc]

"The man was transported to a hospital with minor burns"

Dern tease. What happened to the good old days, when whackos really burned themselves to a crisp?

[Bernard]

explicative

From Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. explicative ADJECTIVE: Serving to explain

I'm not sure I follow the logic of the sign...

[Riley]

1. If you set yourself on fire to make a point, you have 'issues'.

2. '(explicative)' should probably be 'expletive'. 'Explicative' means something that is explanatory.

/Grammar and Spelling Cop Mode
//I know it's in the article that way

[soupcon]

He was hot-under-the-collar, had a fire in his belly, seeing red, this hot-headed firebrand. Total flameout.

[Anti-Bubba182]

He would have been serious if onlookers laughed at him and got out sticks and Marshmallows instead of dousing his sorry ass.