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Man Sets Himself On Fire To Show How His Side Is The Sane And Rational One
Babylon Bee ^ | 20 Apr 2024 | Eds

Posted on 04/21/2024 10:59:17 AM PDT by Rummyfan

To show that his side is the side of sanity, logic, and rationality, a local man has decided to set himself ablaze, incinerating his own body on live TV.

Eyewitnesses report that the man, who was clearly in a healthy, stable state of mind, doused himself in gasoline before striking a match and igniting his own body, presumably for a very sane and noble reason.

As flames engulfed him, onlookers were immediately convinced of the truth of his cause, ending all debate once and for all.

"Well, I guess that settles that. He's right and I'm wrong," said local man David Thatch. "This is how you win arguments, folks! Self-immolation clearly proves the superiority of his worldview."

"Boy do I look stupid, and irrational now for disagreeing with that guy," added other onlookers. "He just proved that he's the sensible one that we should be listening to and everyone else is wrong."

At publishing time, everyone left their political parties and immediately registered to the political party of the man who just burnt himself to a crisp.

(Excerpt) Read more at babylonbee.com ...


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To: szweig

Well, you know what they say...
Ashes to ashes,
and dust to dust,
if die we may
then die we must.

21 posted on 04/21/2024 12:36:10 PM PDT by Songcraft ( )
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To: dfwgator

Okay...the more, the merrier (I guess).

How 'bout "Burning Love" - Elvis Presley

22 posted on 04/21/2024 12:40:50 PM PDT by Songcraft ( )
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To: szweig

(By the way, if they cremate him, they should only charge half-price for it, as he already did at least half the job, as your post suggests.)

23 posted on 04/21/2024 1:05:27 PM PDT by Songcraft ( )
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To: Jim W N

Hot?


24 posted on 04/21/2024 1:43:35 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: dfwgator; 17strings; grey_whiskers
Go big, Go Epic! Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene! Norse myth meets Modern Opera. He (Hagen) killed her husband, she leaps on the pyre, burns down the evil hagen's Longhouse, returns the stolen gold, cleanses the world from a curse, and incinerates all the scheming Gods in Valhalla and ushers in a new age!

Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene - English Subtitles - Götterdämmerung - Jones - Boulez

Yes, Götterdämmerung with lighting and props works on the Stage of the Met, but so much at the NY District Court with this sad suicide.

The Ring Cycle as American politics? Probably not. Trump as a type of Sigfried? Sort of maybe. Need a Brünnhilde to remove the curse and burn down DC. No, no Melania calling down nuclear strikes on NY and DC. More like gollum in LOTR, Hillary comes to power, goes to the bathroom, wipes her server, and accidentally precipitates nuclear annihilation.

25 posted on 04/21/2024 6:32:00 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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