6/19/2003: Iranian afire

[quzah]

Originally posted by observer
Interestingly, a man attempted the same thing in front of the French embassy in Ottawa, Canada and the CBC reporter covering the event was the one that pulled the lighter out of his hand while police and other protestors tackled the guy to prevent him from starting the fire (he was already covered in gasoline).

The reporter should have carried a machete or something. That way, they could have just cut his hand off, preventing the fire. Then the guy could have some suffering like he wanted, got a ton of publicity, and the reporter could have still been a hero. The blood all over the concrete would also leave a nice reminder of his protest for the rest of the people there. A tournakit would have kept him from dying. All would have been well.

Yeah, it turned out well anyway, but this would have been more noteworthy, which is what the guy wanted anyway.

Quzah.