Posted on 12/23/2006 5:55:56 PM PST by madprof98
Man sets himself aflame to protest religious names for California school district's breaks
AP) A man used flammable liquid to light himself on fire, apparently to protest a San Joaquin Valley school district's decision to change the names of winter and spring breaks to Christmas and Easter vacation.
The man, who was not immediately identified, on Friday also set fire to a Christmas tree, an American flag and a revolutionary flag replica, said Fire Captain Garth Milam.
Seeing the flames, Sheriff's Deputy Lance Ferguson grabbed a fire extinguisher and ran to the man.
Flames were devouring a Christmas tree next to the Liberty Bell, where public events and demonstrations are common.
Beside the tree the man stood with an American flag draped around his shoulders and a red gas can over his head.
Seeing the deputy, the man poured the liquid over his head. He quickly burst into flames when the fumes from the gas met the flames from the tree.
The deputy ordered the man to drop to the ground as he and a parole agent sprayed him with fire extinguishers.
"The man stood there like this," the deputy said with his arms across his chest and his head bent down, "Saying no, no, no."
The man suffered first degree burns on his shoulders and arms, Milam said.
Kern County Sheriff's Deputy John Leyendecker said the man had a sign that read: "(expletive) the religious establishment and KHSD."
On Thursday, the Kern High School Board of Trustees voted to use the names Christmas and Easter instead of winter and spring breaks.
I hate when that happens. Obviously there's more to self-immolation than the anti-religious dingbat realized.
Another one?
"dumb@ss alert"
Taking it a little hard aren't ya sparky?
He's not living a carbon neutral lifestyle anymore. It should be fined.
I would have put out the tree first.
Well, he obviously had a burning passion.
if there were mor men like him there would be less men like him!
No, but "HE, HE, HE" is acceptable.
Lance Ferguson needs to slow down.
Poor soul, he should have soaked his clothes THEN poured the rest on himself then lit himself afire...
Geez, you gotta explain everything to this nut jobs...
I hope God has mercy on him.
Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
Someone forgot to tell him that the Dems won and all will be well because the moonbats will be in control soon..
So, he made an ash of himself.
I wonder what he'll do when he finds out who the San Joaquin Valley is named after.
He really took that "I'm offended" stuff too seriously.
At some party school, the liberal chick who was quoted as bitching about Coulter speaking on campus was the coordinator of a 500 signature petition against changing the ketchup packets in the hall from Heinz to Hunts. Called here self, "a representative of the dining community".
Obviously a flaming liberal atheist.
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