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[SlowwHand]

Man sets self aflame in Calif. protest

Sat Dec 23, 10:48 AM ET

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A man used flammable liquid to light himself on fire, apparently to protest a San Joaquin Valley school district's decision to change the names of winter and spring breaks to Christmas and Easter vacation.

The man, who was not immediately identified, on Friday also set fire to a Christmas tree, an American flag and a revolutionary flag replica, said Fire Captain Garth Milam.

Seeing the flames, Sheriff's Deputy Lance Ferguson grabbed a fire extinguisher and ran to the man.

Flames were devouring a Christmas tree next to the Liberty Bell, where public events and demonstrations are common.

Beside the tree the man stood with an American flag draped around his shoulders and a red gas can over his head.

Seeing the deputy, the man poured the liquid over his head. He quickly burst into flames when the fumes from the gas met the flames from the tree.

The deputy ordered the man to drop to the ground as he and a parole agent sprayed him with fire extinguishers.

"The man stood there like this," the deputy said with his arms across his chest and his head bent down, "Saying no, no, no."

The man suffered first degree burns on his shoulders and arms, Milam said.

Kern County Sheriff's Deputy John Leyendecker said the man had a sign that read: "(expletive) the religious establishment and KHSD."

On Thursday, the Kern High School Board of Trustees voted to use the names Christmas and Easter instead of winter and spring breaks.

[Tuberski]

Hi Slowwy.

ACK!

[SlowwHand]

I knew it would be coming, just not from you.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
I knew it would be coming, just not from you.

Isn't it nicer coming from a friend, now all the jerks have to actually read the article.


I'm trying to help you man!

ACK!

[SlowwHand]

Well, taken in that light, I can see your point.
Thanks a lot.

[Dis]

I demand seperation of church and state!

we need a smiley who sets himself on fire.

[Winston]

Reminds me of a young radical, "autonomous", left-winger here who last week, during massive riots and street fighting with police (the worst such riots in 15 years), got his hand blown away while trying to lob a powerful piece of explosive fireworks at a police officer. Dumbass waited too long, got distracted, or he simply forgot to plug his brain in. Good thing those types aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer.

If he keeps it up, it'll be "Get back here, you pansy, I'll bite your legs off" eventually.

[DaShi]

I admire his passion.

[Chemical Ollie]

Burn mother****er, burn!

[Dis]

are 1st degree burns the bad ones, or 3rd degree burns? I always get them confused.

[SlowwHand]

Yeah. Passion. Like boinking a dead deer has passion.
Same thing. Eaten up with a case of the dumbass.
Winston's reference liked those pretty sparklies.
Dumbass.

[Winston]

1st degree burns are the lowest level of damage done to the body.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
I knew it would be coming, just not from you.

I was offline. Sorry Sloww .

[Winston]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Winston's reference liked those pretty sparklies.

To clarify, it wasn't really fireworks; it was a type of explosive, I don't know what they're called in English. Really large firecrackers, explosives basically. Widely used during the riots, it's a virtual wonder that so few people got hurt (about six officers and a couple of rioters as I recall).

Anyway. Just thought I'd try to expand on what kind of a weapon it actually was.

Nemesis

[SlowwHand]

Did it have sparklies? I knew it was an explosive.

You know, like even a molotov cocktail has sparklies of a sort. Well, it's fire dripping burning rag, but I think we can count it as a sparklie. I count it as a sparklie anyway.

Or was it a hand grenade? THAT doesn't count.
Not in and of itself. Maybe depending on the object being blown up, that might produce sparklies, but that's not the same.