Green activist lawyer burns himself to death to protest global warming

wattsupwiththat.com ^ | April 14, 2018 | Anthony Watts

[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.

[PROCON]

Well, he definitely went out in 'Blaze' of glory!

[Stosh]

Uhhhh - doesn’t combustion add to global warming?

[Reno89519]

How does this affect his carbon footprint?

[JewishRighter]

He left quite a carbon footprint

[savedbygrace]

Well that’ll teach us.

[Jan_Sobieski]

He fell into a burnin' ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire

[KeyLargo]

Yeah, but didn’t flame man just contributite to the warming?

[marktwain]

Typed suicide note?

Maybe he wanted to contribute to conspiracy theories about his death?

I tend to be suspicious of typed suicide notes.

[manc]

Another example how the lunatics of the left need to seek mental help.

[Pining_4_TX]

How sad. This guy didn’t die for a real cause. He liked himself because he was a knucklehead.

[COBOL2Java]

[dfwgator]

I wonder if he used Microsoft Word for the suicide note?

[RandallFlagg]

In the long run, he’ll be emitting less carbon dioxide.

Job well done, I say.

[dfwgator]

In the long run, he’ll be emitting less carbon dioxide. Job well done, I say.

[Texas Eagle]

Here’s to hoping this becomes a bigger fad than eating Tide Pods and snorting condoms. And gay rights lawyers setting themselves on fire.

[captmar-vell]

Very sad,

This is what it looks like when someone is given over to an evil spirit,

More and more they are requiring and getting a human sacrifice,

Same thing last year at the burning man event, someone killed himself because their ‘gods’ wanted it,

It creates a spiritual stronghold for them,

Satan doesn’t let his prisoners go free,

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour . . . “ 1 Peter 5:8

[digger48]

He maybe took the adjective “Flamer” a bit too seriously

[rktman]

👋🏼😷. Yeah, that helped. Now if some of his compadres/partners in scam would follow suit. Buy bye.

[RandallFlagg]

“When you’re on fire, and runnin’ down the street..........people......WILL GET OUT OF YOUR WAY!”

—Richard Pryor

[Bratch]

This needs to become a thing.