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David Buckel set himself on fire so everybody would know the dangers of fossil fuels. Is this the honorable death he was hoping for?
"I just killed myself by fire as a protest suicide. I apologize to you for the mess.
My early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves,” he wrote. “A lifetime of service may best be preserved by giving a life ... Honorable purpose in life invites honorable purchase in death...I hope it is an honorable death that might serve others."
https://nypost.com/2018/04/14/activist-lawyer-burned-himself-to-death-to-protest-global-warming/
"I just killed myself by fire as a protest suicide. I apologize to you for the mess.
My early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves,” he wrote. “A lifetime of service may best be preserved by giving a life ... Honorable purpose in life invites honorable purchase in death...I hope it is an honorable death that might serve others."
https://nypost.com/2018/04/14/activist-lawyer-burned-himself-to-death-to-protest-global-warming/