Burning Man meets Politics

…in front of White House.

Comments

[fyodor]

You're supposed to burn the big effigy, not yourself!

[NoStar]

Democrats sure are taking the loss hard.

[Rick Barton]

Hey, Brian Doherty has a captivating new volume out about the Burning Man festival:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316711543/reasonmagazinea-20/

Perhaps this guy loves the book too and he wanted give Brian an advertising opportunity!

[Warren]

I thought self-immolation was a crazy Buddhist thing. Crazy Muslims are suppose to take a few infidels with them.

[joe]

There's all kinds of crazy shit in DC.

Locals: were the homeless people with homemade signs, muttering to themselves, more afraid of Bush or Kerry this year?

[Call me snake]

Oh, Doherty's book is "This is Burning Man......"

.....I thought his book was "This Charming Man," a libertarian retrospective on Morrissey's career.

[J]

Then there's the book "November Spawned a Monster," with Morrissey's take on the 2000 election....

[Ruthless]

If D.C. is now Saigon a la 1963, then we're talkin' ill omens!

[joe]

This strikes you people as funny?

[fyodor]

No, but it's an opportunity to make funny.

[Rick Barton]

joe,

When it happened, on CNBC they said his injuries appeared to be minor but you're right anyway.

[Rick Barton]

And also, what fyodor said.

[Phil]

And also the classic "me stubbing my toe vs. you falling down a manhole and dying" definitions of tragedy and comedy.

[Stevo Threadkiller]

And there's the old aphorism: "It's always funny until somebody gets hurt -- and then it's f---ing hilarious!"

I also think our natural tendency to emphasize with the victim is largely mitigated by the immolation being self-inflicted. (With some reservations, considering that the guy might not be in his right mind.)

[Fabius Maximus]

Granting the rights to life, liberty and property I've got no issues with self-immolation. He's got the power of disposal.

Although I might have to sue him for creating a public nuisance. The smell of burnt flesh is fairly nauseating.

And I second what Stevo said, although I don't see how he is a victim.

[andy]

C'mon guys, leave Joe alone. He's still recovering.

Once he gets his plane ticket to Canada he'll be in a better mood.

[joe]

It's not even mid-November, and I've already had to shovel my driveway. You think I'm going NORTH?!?

Sorry to say, you WILL have joe to kick around anymore.