4/29/2006: Flaming suicide in Zagreb

Undertoad · 04-29-2006, 11:06 AM

This WaPo image isn't all that striking until you read the official caption:

Quote:

Croation war veteran Dragan Prebeg, 35, catches fire in his car after pouring gasoline on himself to commit suicide in a protest against tax authorities in Zagreb. Prebeg, the father of six children, died later in a local hospital.

But he didn't take any tax authorities with him. Not very well thought-out.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-29-2006, 12:18 PM

Flaming idiot.

zippyt · 04-29-2006, 12:58 PM

And I bet it HURT !!!!

gaidin · 04-29-2006, 03:21 PM

burnin to death has got to be one of the most painful deaths

Jordon · 04-29-2006, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaidin

burnin to death has got to be one of the most painful deaths

THE Most. Goes faster if you inhale the flames, crisping the lungs. Not well thought through.

Trilby · 04-29-2006, 03:59 PM

What an asshole. He had six kids to take care of--JERK.

gaidin · 04-29-2006, 04:25 PM

honestly if you wanna make your point by killing yourself you need to rethink your strategy

Stress Puppy · 04-29-2006, 04:46 PM

I've read in several places that burning do death isn't actually all that painful, since in a nasty fire your nerves are going to be one of the first things to go. Take that with as many grains of salt as you wish.

Kagen4o4 · 04-29-2006, 08:39 PM

it looks like the pressure in the car has nearly blown out the back door. it seems slightly ajar up the top.

oh and im sure he ruined his best jacket

Pancake Man · 04-30-2006, 12:35 PM

Wouldn't be so bad, except he ate Taco Bell just an hour before.

tippy · 05-01-2006, 04:56 AM

of all the ways to go, if you ahve petorl and a car surely exhaust fules would be better, but I'm presuming he wanted to make a point.

but who took the picture??

Ridgeplate · 05-01-2006, 10:33 AM

I wonder if we could get a link to the news site that posted this. I mean, it *looks* real, but I cannot help but be a bit suspicious of it. I have found evidence of the event, but I'm unable to track the photo down. I won't call go so far as to call shenanigans, but it echo's of photoshop.

If anyone can find a link, please post it.

mrnoodle · 05-01-2006, 04:55 PM

here's a link

looks legit. He was alive afterwards -- they pulled him out and doused him, but he later succumbed to his wounds.

capnhowdy · 05-01-2006, 07:40 PM

If he'd lived they would have prosecuted him.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-01-2006, 08:02 PM

That picture came from the Washington Post photo section for April 28th.

04-29-2006, 12:18 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Flaming idiot. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-29-2006, 12:58 PM	#3
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	And I bet it HURT !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

04-29-2006, 03:59 PM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	What an asshole. He had six kids to take care of--JERK. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

04-29-2006, 04:46 PM	#8
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	I've read in several places that burning do death isn't actually all that painful, since in a nasty fire your nerves are going to be one of the first things to go. Take that with as many grains of salt as you wish. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

04-29-2006, 08:39 PM	#9
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	it looks like the pressure in the car has nearly blown out the back door. it seems slightly ajar up the top. oh and im sure he ruined his best jacket __________________ something we both can enjoy??

04-29-2006, 03:21 PM	#4
gaidin Complex Simpleton Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 18	burnin to death has got to be one of the most painful deaths

04-29-2006, 04:25 PM	#7
gaidin Complex Simpleton Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 18	honestly if you wanna make your point by killing yourself you need to rethink your strategy

04-30-2006, 12:35 PM	#10
Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	Wouldn't be so bad, except he ate Taco Bell just an hour before. __________________ Abandon all hope, o ye who read my posts

05-01-2006, 04:56 AM	#11
tippy Writer of Writings Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 14	of all the ways to go, if you ahve petorl and a car surely exhaust fules would be better, but I'm presuming he wanted to make a point. but who took the picture??

05-01-2006, 10:33 AM	#12
Ridgeplate Zen Laxatives: "This too shall pass..." Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 53	I wonder if we could get a link to the news site that posted this. I mean, it looks real, but I cannot help but be a bit suspicious of it. I have found evidence of the event, but I'm unable to track the photo down. I won't call go so far as to call shenanigans, but it echo's of photoshop. If anyone can find a link, please post it.

05-01-2006, 04:55 PM	#13
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	here's a link looks legit. He was alive afterwards -- they pulled him out and doused him, but he later succumbed to his wounds. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

05-01-2006, 07:40 PM	#14
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	If he'd lived they would have prosecuted him. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

05-01-2006, 08:02 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That picture came from the Washington Post photo section for April 28th. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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