[Verginius Rufus]

I'm old enough to remember the Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire (as a protest against Ngo Dinh Diem's governemnt) and heard at the time that that was not a Buddhist tradition. Was that the first time Buddhists had done something like that?

After the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, a young Czech (Jan Palach?) set himself on fire.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember some American setting himself on fire a few years ago. He thought it would be a great way to protest something till the flames began to lick his legs. He then went screaming for someone to put out the flames.
Last I heard of it was he was trying to sue the spectators for not stopping him.

Bet this self burner realized what a dum bass he was when the flames began to lick him real well. Now he is just Smoked Meat. A Crispy Critter.