blank_stare 2,217 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 source A prominent LGBTQ rights lawyer died after setting himself on fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on Saturday. David Buckel, 60, killed himself after sending messages to multiple news outlets including The New York Times claiming his intentions to set himself on fire to protest the world's usage of fossil fuels at the expense of the environment.​... "A life of privilege requires actions to balance the harm caused, and the greater the privilege, the greater the responsibility," Buckel added. "For if one does not leave behind a world better for having lived in it, all that remains are selfish ends, sometimes wrapped in family or nation." Buckel was the lead attorney in Brandon v. County of Richardson arguing on behalf of Brandon Teena, a murdered transgender man whom Buckel argued successfully that a country sheriff failed to protect.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hormones 1,612 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Woooooaaaahhhhhh I'm sorry but this guy was losing his mind doing this....his family should've kept an eye on him because he was a danger to himself. RIP. Damn no one should go out like this..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiraishin 1,276 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 On one hand, I feel really bad that he died, that's a tragedy, on the other, he couldn't have chosen the stupidest reason to kill himself over. Wasted action that won't change anything and will only bring suffering to his family and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Noir 1,220 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 you change the world by living, not by dying most times death sends a message when it's in greater numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oltre Luna 1,299 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 On one hand, I feel really bad that he died, that's a tragedy, on the other, he couldn't have chosen the stupidest reason to kill himself over. Wasted action that won't change anything and will only bring suffering to his family and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...... 3,962 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 mental illness is real y'all mentally stable people don't light themselves on fire in public spaces... traumatizing anyone around... because they think Global Warming is bad. I'm very glad he lived to do the good he did...but ... i'm sad for him that he died in a way so sensational...that it's really not going to highlight what he seemingly wanted his death to highlight...nor is it going to be a major catalyst for change.Seems like a guy who suffered from suicidal ideation anyway and maybe realized that he could attach a cause to his inevitable suicide...at least... that's how i'm going to look at it, because it makes it slightly more noble and less outright crazy and wasteful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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