Sean @ Paganarchy

Chicago resident Malachi Ritscher last week wrote his own obituary, then set fire to himself causing his own death by fatal burns.

Reading through his blog (which includes his obituary) is a pretty intense experience. His action was a protest against the Iraq war and more generally "for the mayhem and turmoil caused by my country".

Malachi says of his own country, the United States "To the rest of the world we are cowards - demanding Iraq to disarm, and after they comply, we attack with remote-control high-tech video-game weapons. And then lie about our reasons for invading. We the people bear complete responsibility for all that will follow, and it won't be pretty."

It's tragic that so many people are so full of turmoil at the state of the world that they feel the only way they can express themselves is via their own deaths. It's tragic that no media has given this much attention so I feel the need to help Malachi have his story heard.