12/14/2002: Dude on fire

Undertoad · 12-14-2002, 11:45 AM

Keeping up with interesting protests:

In Srinagar, India, Kashmiri activist Mohammad Ahsan Untoo tries to set himself ablaze as Indian police officers rush to smother the fire. Untoo, who was protesting alleged human rights violations by Indian forces in Kashmir, was not seriously injured.

Now the question is whether this guy is Indian or Paki, and whether he's Muslim or Hindu. Doesn't say but if Paki attitudes are more towards self-immolation and not other-immolation (?), well that's a trend that the world should embrace.

Especially if they don't even manage to off themselves.

Nothing But Net · 12-14-2002, 11:59 AM

It's been done...

Richard Pryor, Field Marshal Cin'que, Jean d'Arc.. trailblazers all!

MaggieL · 12-14-2002, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nothing But Net
It's been done...

Richard Pryor, Field Marshal Cin'que, Jean d'Arc.. trailblazers all!

Um....Jean wasn't exactly a *self* immolator.

SubSub · 12-14-2002, 12:53 PM

I would think he's a Kashmiri. Pakistan is on the opposite side of the subcontinent. Not sure where the idea that self-immolation is limited to one country comes from - look at South Korean student protesters... And he could be Muslim, Hindu, or Sikh.

wolf · 12-14-2002, 02:13 PM

Anybody got marshmallows?

MaggieL · 12-14-2002, 05:10 PM

That his name is "Mohammad Ahsan Untoo" is a strong clue. So is the fact that he was "protesting Indian human rights violations".

blase · 12-14-2002, 06:17 PM

Maybe he just got back from seeing the jackass movie

xoxoxoBruce · 12-15-2002, 09:14 PM

Wolf, that's a terrible thing to say.
Unless you think we could make s'mores.
Mmmmmmmmmm.........s'moressssssss.

And · 12-16-2002, 07:45 AM

I like the look of the fella in the blue coat on the right... He looks like he's about to try and put out the flames with his little stick or something.

Seriously, though, is it the yelling guy standing up who's trying to protest? I ask, because in the picture, it looks more like his jacket is on fire than his body. I assume that's why he wasn't seriously injured, eh?

12-14-2002, 11:45 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/14/2002: Dude on fire Keeping up with interesting protests: In Srinagar, India, Kashmiri activist Mohammad Ahsan Untoo tries to set himself ablaze as Indian police officers rush to smother the fire. Untoo, who was protesting alleged human rights violations by Indian forces in Kashmir, was not seriously injured. Now the question is whether this guy is Indian or Paki, and whether he's Muslim or Hindu. Doesn't say but if Paki attitudes are more towards self-immolation and not other-immolation (?), well that's a trend that the world should embrace. Especially if they don't even manage to off themselves.

12-14-2002, 02:13 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Anybody got marshmallows? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-14-2002, 05:10 PM	#6
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	That his name is "Mohammad Ahsan Untoo" is a strong clue. So is the fact that he was "protesting Indian human rights violations". __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

12-16-2002, 07:45 AM	#9
And Conjunction Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Conjunction Junction Posts: 168	I like the look of the fella in the blue coat on the right... He looks like he's about to try and put out the flames with his little stick or something. Seriously, though, is it the yelling guy standing up who's trying to protest? I ask, because in the picture, it looks more like his jacket is on fire than his body. I assume that's why he wasn't seriously injured, eh? __________________ -And, Word Wrangler and Keeper of the Cuttlefish.

12-14-2002, 11:59 AM	#2
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	It's been done... Richard Pryor, Field Marshal Cin'que, Jean d'Arc.. trailblazers all!

12-14-2002, 12:53 PM	#4
SubSub Recruit or Something Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 4	I would think he's a Kashmiri. Pakistan is on the opposite side of the subcontinent. Not sure where the idea that self-immolation is limited to one country comes from - look at South Korean student protesters... And he could be Muslim, Hindu, or Sikh.

12-14-2002, 06:17 PM	#7
blase Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 91	Maybe he just got back from seeing the jackass movie

12-15-2002, 09:14 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wolf, that's a terrible thing to say. Unless you think we could make s'mores. Mmmmmmmmmm.........s'moressssssss.

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