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Got a light?
Australian Broadcasting | Submitted by: EvilElmo
"A Japanese man who had doused himself with kerosene in front of police died of burns after asking to smoke during interrogation."
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From: jesussavez [Just hanging around]
Date: 12-May-2008 14:45
HAHAHA! Guy soaks himself in kerosene. Guy asks for A LIGHTER! I think most of us know where this is going yet this is tagged as an "accident"
From: texasman1000 [texas]
Date: 12-May-2008 16:38
Hell no they aren't, I would've gave him a light to. Talk about entertaining. Put your self in the cops shoes, The guy is soaked in gas or what ever and is "asking" for a light. lol Cop must have been thinking, there is no way this guy is gonna light that thing, so lets give it to him and see...lol
From: sp00k
Date: 12-May-2008 16:56
you have a point there Tex. I just assumed all cops had no sense of humor.
From: sawgunner [Doug]
Date: 12-May-2008 17:37
I see the Kamikaze spirit is still alive and well in Japan.
From: ciaochowbella
[I didn't do it and I wasn't there when it happened]
Date: 12-May-2008 18:12
Despite no-smoking rules in the building, a police official gave him a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. When Mr Kubota stood up, his right knee was ablaze and he quickly turned into a fireball, the reports said. -------------------------- In the US, this would result in a lawsuit. I wonder how litigious the Japanese are? BTW, when I think if Kubota, I think of tractors..... 
From: patsystonecheers
[Patsy Stone]
Date: 12-May-2008 18:46
Bella, "Japan has become known as a land where people do not sue, obeying a cultural taboo against resorting to the courts. But many here suggest that if Japanese do not sue as much as Americans, it is more because doing so is such an ordeal than out of a cultural embrace of harmony. Trials are long, court fees can be high, and judges often exert pressure to settle. 'Legal System Is Bankrupt' Such a system, critics charge, can also hurt less powerful groups in Japanese society - those who do not have enough money to pay for expensive court cases or those without enough political influence to press for changes in Japan's legislature. ''Japanese like this image of themselves as a harmonious, nonlitigious society, but it's more a myth than anything else,'' said Isaac Shapiro, a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom who grew up in Japan and whose practice includes Japan." http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEED9173CF932A3575AC0A961948260
From: pedophobe
[abortions, get yer abortions]
Date: 12-May-2008 19:13
You know, I can't think of any reason to douse oneself in kerosene EXCEPT to commit suicide by burning up. In which case, it wasn't stupid at all for the suspect to ask for a light - well I mean, it was stupid of him to want to kill himself, but brilliant as it meant he got to commit his "crime" right in front of the people who were trying to stop him, with their aid. High-larious.
From: patsystonecheers
[Patsy Stone]
Date: 12-May-2008 19:13
Bella, I worked in a Japanese company. These people do NOT go against any tide. There are no "whistle blowers" in Japan. Funny isn't it you never hear any Asbestos Litigation in Japan. 
From: evangelicide [Oderint Dum Metuant]
Date: 12-May-2008 20:49
Is it hot in here... or is it just me?
From: simonjester [Bill Vojtech]
Date: 12-May-2008 22:55
From: pedophobe [abortions, get yer abortions] Date: 12-May-2008 19:13 You know, I can't think of any reason to douse oneself in kerosene EXCEPT to commit suicide by burning up. In which case, it wasn't stupid at all for the suspect to ask for a light - well I mean, it was stupid of him to want to kill himself, but brilliant as it meant he got to commit his "crime" right in front of the people who were trying to stop him, with their aid. High-larious. ------------------- Maybe he was infested with lice or fleas and was trying to kill them with the kerosene. Then the nicotine fit starts and he figures the kerosene evaporated already, so it must be safe and then FOOMF! Extra crispy.
From: vomit
[Vomit]
Date: 13-May-2008 09:18
You know i find it really hard to figure out if the Cops who gave him the lighter should be: 1) Sacked for gross stupidity 2) Promoted for services to Darwin
From: azdollarbill [Jim Jones]
Date: 13-May-2008 12:43
I saw that on CSI the other night. The guy wasn't smoking however, but the result was that he turned into a fireball, and expired in a blaze of gory(pun intended). He was also covered with gasoline, and somehow he ignited...
From: fucktardmama [fook-me]
Date: 13-May-2008 15:03
In the ED I used to work in we had a guy come in covered in partial/full thickness burns over his whole body. He was stripping paint of his front porch and decided to take a smoke break. While he was taking a smoke break, he noticed the end of his shoe lace was frayed. So he figured he would torch the end of it and melt the frayed edges. K A B O O M M O T H E R F U C K E R. We all were surfing the web trying to figure out how to nominate him for a Darwin Award. But there was a block on the internet at work that kept us from the site.
From: atomhartmother [yeah, m'kay]
Date: 14-May-2008 02:29
This fella's been smacking his girlfriend/ hide around while behaving strangely. I'll bet he smacked a cop too. Those wacky Japs. American donut eatin hogs couldn't pull this off.
From: snowwhite [SnowWhite]
Date: 14-May-2008 07:26
The guy's dying words were, "I meant, 'Give me a Bud Lite.'"
From: ferret [Honkey Kong]
Date: 14-May-2008 13:02
 no more talk we update rotten "daily" now!
Updated: 14-May-2008 13:19
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