Mass murder in Australia ?

**Srbo** · February 9th, 2009

What the heck is this ?
Trashcan man visted the Aussies ?
171 people dead by the hand of some pyromaniac ?

Unreal...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/0...ustralia_fires

**Luli** · February 9th, 2009

It's very very sad! I hope it doesn't get worse!

**FlakeNoir** · February 9th, 2009

I know, it's heartbreaking, just devastating. Huge hugs to my (((Aussie neighbours))).

**Liselle** · February 9th, 2009

Some people are totally and utterly brain dead.

Apparently some moron was re-lighting the fires once they had been extinguished......why?????

I have to say I agree, if they are caught they should have the book thrown at them.

**rjt65** · February 9th, 2009

Saw that on teh news this Sunday---- terrible --hope they can control them asap

**Kurt Rambis throwback** · February 9th, 2009

crazy1 dudebr0

**Kim L.** · February 9th, 2009

Originally Posted by Srbo

What the heck is this ?
Trashcan man visted the Aussies ?
171 people dead by the hand of some pyromaniac ?

Unreal...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/0...ustralia_fires

To think that someone would do this deliberately...my heart goes out to everyone there.

**CorbinKale** · February 9th, 2009

We have the same thing here in the U.S. Ironically, the proposed solution for these fires will cause more in the future. The answer is that these fires are normal, a part of nature. When you prevent fires, you allow the accumulation of debris and fuel that eventually causes catastrophic firestorms. Humans can't outrun them, and you can't see to drive in them. Traffic backs up on the roads and people suffocate and burn in their cars. Tragic.

I am now reminded to do some brush clearing close to my barn. It will soon be fire season here, too.

**bookworm101** · February 9th, 2009

Prayers out to our Aussie friends.

**Mr Nobody** · February 9th, 2009

Originally Posted by Liselle

Some people are totally and utterly brain dead.

Apparently some moron was re-lighting the fires once they had been extinguished......why?????

I have to say I agree, if they are caught they should have the book thrown at them.

Wouldn't rule out the culprit being some enviro-headcase. Record-breaking temperatures might get some nutjob thinking s/he has to 'prove a point' about 'global warming'. They then start a fire thinking no one would get hurt, and the coverage would serve as some kind of warning.
Law of unintended consequences kicks in and...away you go.
In their heads, that type of person would still believe they were justified.

If it's not anything like that, then I'm mystified (well, more than I am anyway). Be interesting to find out what they say when they're caught...always assuming they haven't become victims of their own crime.