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Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/mongolian-union-head-sets-fire-protest-article-1.2438235

 

That man got some big balls to do that or he is just crazy...

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago
That's an unbelievably stupid form of protest.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

I know right.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

The charred ghosts of the Buddhist monks in every 'Nam veteran's nightmares beg to differ.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

Not when you're being ignored. Self-immolation has a way of getting people's attentions.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago
As a famous dwarf once said, "I like living."

I'm just saying, theoretical 'you' hurting 'you' doesn't really compel me to care anymore than I did before. Except only now, you're either dead or layered in varying degrees of severe burns. Of course, theoretical 'you' hurting me is just going to piss me off. So, if I was the sort of person who didn't have enough tyranny in his life and wanted social change, I'd probably find something that raises awareness that doesn't hurt anyone, especially myself. Then again, you could argue our semi-resident cat fanatic went for option three, and his antics amount to less than a pot of piss.

So I guess the moral of the story is, I'm apathetic?

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

You may be, but the country's Prime Minister got involved and, for some reason, made the man's employer pay for his medical bills. So, obviously, there is now an important political figure looking at the event and what led to it.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago
Temujin would have handled things differently. Now there was a great leader.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

"Temujin would have handled things differently."

He nearly wiped out all human life in Iran.

Then again, he was a beacon of religious tolerance and egalitarianism, so maybe he was going in the right direction.

Trump 2016

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago
Well, yes, of course, that too!

Temujin would have simply presented his demands to the board of directors. If they accepted and swore fealty, he would have spared their lives and customs. If they refused, he would have set them on fire, created a mountain of their ears and forced the children to drink from the skulls of their kin.

Only then would he have moved on to Persia. In house problems first, then global conquest.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

I think I could actually get behind that.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

Meh, if they hadn't been quite such assholes to his messengers he might not have employed such scorched earth tactic when he got down there.

What was he supposed to do, he couldn't just let the fiends mock him!

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago
Exactly! Such a dire insult to his person demanded that cities be erased, babies crushed, the populace disfigured and bones collected in mountainous monuments of utter military superiority!

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fN5E0jfoEg  The last one, dont know if it was real though.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

Do it for the Vine.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

I ain't gon' do it.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago
Sadly in most cases self-immolation doesn't help but it's good to see that the workers and the higher-ups reached an agreement on this one. It's quite sad actually to see someone that needs to set themselves on fire in order to be heard.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

Not like this is the first time, but it still sucks that he had to resort to immolation.

Guy sets himself on fire.

9 years ago

Good for him. It shows he actually believes what he's saying, and he's willing to die. 

I'm sure working in a Chinese mine is shit.