stacksbranning Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 http://www.blackmediascoop.com/2013/04/04/nsfw-pics-family-set-themselves-on-fire-to-avoid-eviction/ A family of five set themselves on fire in a desperate final protest against the demolition of their home. Bharat Mansingh, 40, died in a hospital after setting himself on fire in the city of Rajkot in north west India. Three of his females relatives, Rekha, Asha, Vasumati and one male relative Girish Mansingh were all taken to hospital with severe burns. Two are said to be in a critical condition. It’s believed the horrendous act stems from a long-running dispute between families living on a common plot in the Chotu Nagar areas of the city. The Mansingh family, who are understood to be Nepalese immigrants, believed the Rajkot Municipal Corporation was going to demolish their home and came to discuss the situation with city officials. When they failed to get satisfactory answers they doused themselves in kerosene and set themselves alight as helpless passers-by looked on. Emergency services managed to douse the flames and all five were taken to Rajkot Civil Hospital where 40-year-old Bharat Mansingh later died. Police Commissioner H P Singh said the family were in a dispute with the Chotu Nagar Cooperative Housing Society, who they believed was planning to evict them. Bharat Mansingh died while undergoing treatment while the other four have sustained severe burns,’ Commissioner Singh said.The family, who had been living in their house for several years, believed that it has been condemned as an unauthorized structure.The co-operative later denied they planned to evict the family and said they had no plans to demolish the house. The news has quickly become a political issue in India with the opposition party accusing the Rajkot Municipal Corporation of having harassed the family. There were calls for a bandh, or general strike, to protest their treatment across Rajkot on Thursday. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Di Gradi Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I can't rate people who burn themselves in protest tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Somalian Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Ain't this a common thing in India read about it a few times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtis Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I can't rate people who burn themselves in protest tbh. i have mixed feelings do you how passionate you have to be about an issue to set yourself on fire? cant even think of something that would make me go through the level of giving a fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imhim Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I WOULD NEVER... I REPEAT NEVER SET MYSELF ON FIRE... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esquilax Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 cant imagine how painful being on fire must be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time_bomb Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 apparently its the most painful way to die Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esquilax Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 did they do a survey? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mame Biram Diouf Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I can't rate people who burn themselves in protest tbh. do you how passionate you have to be about an issue to set yourself on fire? This Some people just see life as bigger than themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 nah f*ck that mate, not everyone's a Mohamed Bouazazi out here and burning yourself is one thing - suicide is selfish when you have dependents - but to have your family burn themselves alongside you is f*cked up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Somalian Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 India is not a Muslim country and many Buddhist are known for doing this as a form of protest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mame Biram Diouf Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 nah f*ck that mate, not everyone's a Mohamed Bouazazi out here and burning yourself is one thing - suicide is selfish when you have dependents - but to have your family burn themselves alongside you is f*cked up Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Fred Hampton all died for Black people They didn't know where they was going They may have gone out less painfully, but nobody knows what death feels like And if it come to it, and they felt they had no other choice and believed it would become a catalyst to change, im pretty sure they would have done it These people have no other choices, they get no publicity, no public support, no funding, cant afford lawyers, only way they can fight their ongoing cause against oppression is unfortunately fighting their oppressor like this We wouldn't be discuss this if he had chained himself to a tree or went on a hunger diet or looted a few shops Basically, don't judge something you dont understand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacksbranning Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 nah f*ck that mate, not everyone's a Mohamed Bouazazi out here and burning yourself is one thing - suicide is selfish when you have dependents - but to have your family burn themselves alongside you is f*cked up Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Fred Hampton all died for Black people They didn't know where they was going They may have gone out less painfully, but nobody knows what death feels like And if it come to it, and they felt they had no other choice and believed it would become a catalyst to change, im pretty sure they would have done it These people have no other choices, they get no publicity, no public support, no funding, cant afford lawyers, only way they can fight their ongoing cause against oppression is unfortunately fighting their oppressor like this We wouldn't be discuss this if he had chained himself to a tree or went on a hunger diet or looted a few shops Basically, don't judge something you dont understand Difference is they didn't die for black people . They got assasinated which they had no choice in . Those people are burning themselves off their own accord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 So you're gonna compare 3 famous activists - fighting for an entire race's rights - who were assassinated, to a family who set themselves alight because they were being evicted by their housing society. And those activists didn't die for black people, they lived for them. Are you trying to say their deaths accomplished more than their lives did? And these Nepalese family, in their sacrifice what are we really discussing? We're not discussing "oh their governments/corporations are f*cked up over there" - we're discussing the idea of people setting themselves alight. And who are you to say that the only way to fight their oppressor is to harm themselves? About "don't judge something you don't understand", what the hell is the point of their acts if not to be judged? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidge Weasle Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 saw a guy burn himself to death in protest, in amsterdam it was horrible so so horrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benicio del Toney Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Besides the point really but them activist knew they would be killed doing what they did leaving young families. They knew full well, brother Martin even said "I may not get there with you". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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