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11-23-2006 11:11 AM3136 views
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11-23-2006 11:14 AM
arifsali
The strange thing is that this story should have been in news all over but it isn't, look at the date of this incident.
11-23-2006 11:16 AM
Laustere
Ooh. And up until now, I didn't think the media was too terribly censored. :x
11-23-2006 11:20 AM
arifsali
This is just totally unbelievable, I mean this is a big deal here, to die like this and not being noticed much? I'm dumbfounded.
11-23-2006 11:22 AM
Djiezes
More about it here nov, 4th & here, nov 9th
(both Chicago Sun Times articles)

& there's more, like this, just do a search on Mark David Ritscher.
11-23-2006 11:27 AM
arifsali
thanks Djiezes for the links.
11-23-2006 11:42 AM
wildcat
important, thanx
11-23-2006 11:58 AM
usmc6531
lol thats right everyone opposed to Bush and the war get a can of gas and light yourselves on fire!!!
11-23-2006 12:10 PM
ArthurDwayne
This happens all the time though.

(Reseach into setting yourself on fire to protest war. It happens so often it's no wonder the news media ignores it. Buddhist monks do it all the time to protest anything actually.)
11-23-2006 12:21 PM
n2sooners
I think it was too small scale. Maybe if they had a million man torch in protest of the war it would get some coverage.
11-23-2006 1:24 PM
Godfrey Daniel
And this deserves coverage, why? Anyone who commits suicide for any reason is extremely emotionally, mentally and spiritually ill. The case of unbearable pain and the end stages of terminal illness would be exceptions.

This deserves no more of less coverage than someone jumping off a bridge over love lost.
11-23-2006 2:15 PM
TheCatWhisperer
What if 10 people did it? or 100, or 100? would it then deserve coverage?
11-23-2006 2:15 PM
TheCatWhisperer
oops should have been or 1000
11-23-2006 2:17 PM
Socratoad
lol thats right everyone opposed to Bush and the war get a can of gas and light yourselves on fire!!!
Whereas I being a very compassionate man , just might, consider pissing on you if you were on fire.
11-23-2006 10:06 PM
Torley
A lucid, well respected American citizen makes the ultimate sacrifice on American soil...
I don't believe that's the ultimate sacrifice — far from it! The ultimate sacrifice would be something like, a parent taking the brunt of the impact of an oncoming vehicle to save the life of their child.

But self-immolation? What about slashing one's wrists? Stabbing yourself with a fork? Throwing yourself off an airplane with a parachute that's 50% likely to fail and you know it? Or staying underwater for long stretches like David Blaine?

All I can say is, you play with fire, you get burned, literally.

Maaaan, keep yourself in good health, run an outspoken blog, help make other pe...
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