Title: NH: Keene martyr died protesting Federal "war on men" Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Jun 19, 2011 Author:RidleyReport, Tom Ball Post Date:2011-06-19 20:25:57 by RidleyReport Keywords:None Views:675 Comments:13
Man dies by fire outside a New Hampshire courthouse, hoping it will draw attention to the system's abuses.
E.g., the guy that flew a plane into the IRS building in Texas last year. Though I don't quite recall his name.
I believe his name was Joe (or Joseph) Stack.
edited to add this:
It is rare indeed when suicide accomplishes its intended result. How many people have ever heard of Terence MacSwiney or remember the name of Bobby Sands? They both fasted to the death and I doubt there is one person in one hundred thousand who even remember Bobby Sands and his fast to the death was not all that long ago (1981).
MacSwiney died after seventy three days of fasting (in 1920) and Bobby Sands made it sixty six days.
Terence MacSwiney & Bobby Sands are well known to students of the Irish Independence movement.
But how many people remember Orland McCafferty? He hardly got three lines in any newspaper. In February 1986, he set himself afire in the park across the street from the White House, evidently distraught over the terrible effects of the Reagan economy on his farm and hometown (I think in Iowa). The Secret Service had him taken to a hospital, where he died within a few hours; he left behind a letter for Reagan, which the SS confiscated and I doubt Reagan ever saw it or was told about it. He was the first (and, as far as I know, the only) suicide in that park.
Terence MacSwiney & Bobby Sands are well known to students of the Irish Independence movement.
Somehow I don't think that negates my point. Said point being, ask the random man (or woman) on the street what they know about either of those men and you will, more likely than not, get a blank stare.
As for the Reagan economy, it sure looks good compared to what we have now with the Kenyan at the helm.