“Well he was asking for it, dressing in flammable clothing.”
"Well he was asking for it, dressing in flammable clothing."
"If he didn't want to get set on fire, he should have stayed indoors."
"He was probably drinking that night, alcohol makes you susceptible to fire."
"If it's a legitimate inferno, the male body has ways to try and shit that whole thing down"
"Why didn't he stop, drop, and roll? He should have stopped, dropped, and rolled. He must have secretly wanted it."
"If you read the article, eyewitnesses said the man had purchased a lighter earlier that same day. Dude probably set himself on fire and lied about it. Typical."
"He should have relaxed and enjoyed it. After all it was only just a bit of kindling cuddling."
"We need to start educating people about wearing fire-safe clothing and carrying extinguishers with them at all times. For their own safety.
"It's his parents fault, they should have educated him more about what sort of fireproof clothing in appropriate for young men like himself."
The story they reference isn't new. In 2013, A woman in India set fire to her alleged rapist. The incident happened a year after a woman died from injuries after being gang-raped on a moving bus in Delhi.
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