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Sun Apr 15, 2018, 08:38 AMUpInArms (43,789 posts)In 'protest suicide,' lawyer famed for gay rights cases burns himself to death in New YorkSource: LA TimesA prominent lawyer known for his impassioned advocacy for LGBT rights and environmental issues doused himself with an accelerant and burned himself to death in a New York City park on Saturday to protest ecological destruction caused by fossil fuels. The charred body of David Buckel was discovered by police officers, who were initially dispatched to Prospect Park around 6:10 a.m. to investigate what appeared to be a brush fire, police said. A New York Police Department spokesman said a note was found at the scene and foul play quickly ruled out. The Daily News reported that Buckel left a handwritten note that said, "My name is David Buckel and I just killed myself by fire as a protest suicide. I apologize to you for the mess." Buckel also left a longer, typed note and sent a copy to the Daily News, which quoted the note at length. "My early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves." He added that he hoped that his demise was "an honorable death that might serve others."Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-lawyer-suicide-20180414-story.html
Response to UpInArms (Original post)Sun Apr 15, 2018, 08:56 AMStar Member Glorfindel (5,595 posts) 4. Too sad for words.I hope that - somehow - his sacrifice will not be in vain.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142038122A leftist carrying out an honorable act that serves others--something to be encouraged.If he starts a leftist trend, his sacrifice will not have been done in vain.
he went out with a huge carbon footprint
This guy hit the trifecta!!! A lawyerA liberal And an activist!!
Ted Kennedy is the only person with an actual confirmed kill in the war on women.
Hmmph, I certainly hope he used alcohol or vegetable oil!
Here's hoping he lights the way for other DUmmies to follow.
What was his DU name(s)?
MichMan7. Buckel must have had severe mental issues
NickB7910. Do the Tibetan minks that immolate themselves have mental health problems?
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She looks more Han Chinese than Tibetan.
She represents a Tibetan minx. Don't mess with the joke, you'll ruin it. .
Apparently he was protesting fossil fuels...what an idiot.However, he looks (err..looked) like SO many of the DUmbasses.