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		If you're planning to hide out in the library to burn books after hours, make sure you have an escape route so you don't have to call 9-1-1 after you light them (wiod.com)		59
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Somacandra		2012-05-24 12:20:22 PM

Looked over the various postings of AP copy. Can't find the names of the books he torched.

Apos		2012-05-24 12:26:43 PM

Who informed this genius that a literal re-enactment of Fahrenheit 451 was a good idea?!

Vodka Zombie		2012-05-24 12:34:52 PM

Let me guess, god-clotted idiot?

I ask because, JESUS!

The Stealth Hippopotamus		2012-05-24 12:38:41 PM

If only there was a place you could go to look up how to do things....

I_Am_Weasel		2012-05-24 01:35:40 PM

Is there where you say...

"You know who else liked to burn books...?"

Lukeonia1		2012-05-24 01:42:26 PM

Somacandra: Looked over the various postings of AP copy. Can't find the names of the books he torched.

I was going to say, what were the titles? Reporter, I am disappoint.

Dee Snarl		2012-05-24 02:55:35 PM

I_Am_Weasel: Is there where you say...

"You know who else liked to burn books...?"

Damn you.

TravisBickle62		2012-05-24 02:57:51 PM

Throw the book at him.

MBooda		2012-05-24 02:59:44 PM

Apos: Who informed this genius that a literal re-enactment of Fahrenheit 451 was a good idea?!

Aw c'mon. Escape routes are for wussies.
static.guim.co.uk

malkore		2012-05-24 03:00:38 PM

Glad to see this got green-lit, but my headline was better. The link I sent including a winner of a mug-shot...he looked stoned, big time.

LowbrowDeluxe		2012-05-24 03:00:43 PM

Don't care if he was a Catholic burning "Everybody Poops", an evangelical burning the entire YA section, or a neo-fascist camouflaged as a liberal burning the Left Behind series as the abomination to literature that it is...

The only thing the authorities should have done in this case is put out the fire in the Library then take him out somewhere else and set him back on fire.

Mantour		2012-05-24 03:00:48 PM

PonceAlyosha		2012-05-24 03:02:27 PM

Damn it but they don't say what three books! What if it ends up being important later?

lewismarktwo		2012-05-24 03:04:05 PM

Linkster		2012-05-24 03:04:26 PM

The books titles are most likely being withheld as evidence and not to pee into the jury pool.

Millennium		2012-05-24 03:05:35 PM

PonceAlyosha: Damn it but they don't say what three books! What if it ends up being important later?

I don't know how likely it is to be important at any future point, but I've got to admit: I'm curious.

rolladuck		2012-05-24 03:06:54 PM

malkore: Glad to see this got green-lit, but my headline was better. The link I sent including a winner of a mug-shot...he looked stoned, big time.

Share the love?

LeroyBourne		2012-05-24 03:07:43 PM

it's real?

CliChe Guevara		2012-05-24 03:08:14 PM

I am wondering if it was a run-of -the-mill lunatic hung up on some random delusion completely removed from reality, or whether he was a dittohead/christian nationalist with a larger religious/social agenda.

/yes, i am well aware of the irony that the two groups are becoming very hard to distinguish apart.

Sybarite		2012-05-24 03:09:21 PM

PonceAlyosha: Damn it but they don't say what three books! What if it ends up being important later?

The Fire This Time, The Great Escape, and Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' for some odd reason.

rolladuck		2012-05-24 03:10:03 PM

From a safety perspective, I am a little concerned that it is possible to have a public building locked down such that it is impossible for someone inside to get out in the event of a fire. Are they concerned that people are going to pilfer the place and that they can't allow the panic bars to open the doors? Or was this guy just an epic world-class failure as a human?

thaduke		2012-05-24 03:10:19 PM

Dee Snarl: I_Am_Weasel: Is there where you say...

"You know who else liked to burn books...?"

Damn you.

dandude23		2012-05-24 03:12:01 PM

Looks like he got all heated over the books

treecologist		2012-05-24 03:12:40 PM

What kind of idiot(s) keep so much flammable stuff all in one place anyway?

It's like they were asking for it.

KidKorporate		2012-05-24 03:13:02 PM

If this was done for religious/conservative reasons other than just being straight up insane, I'd absolutely no problem with putting a bullet in that cocksucker's head. This shiat has to stop.

xxmedium		2012-05-24 03:13:02 PM

"We the jury find the defendant not guilty on all charges."

www.vanillajoy.com

Galileo's Daughter		2012-05-24 03:13:34 PM

thaduke: Dee Snarl: I_Am_Weasel: Is there where you say...

"You know who else liked to burn books...?"

Damn you.

[s10.postimage.org image 425x309]

"Goose-stepping morons such as yourself should try reading books instead of burning them!"

roadmarks		2012-05-24 03:14:50 PM

rolladuck: From a safety perspective, I am a little concerned that it is possible to have a public building locked down such that it is impossible for someone inside to get out in the event of a fire. Are they concerned that people are going to pilfer the place and that they can't allow the panic bars to open the doors? Or was this guy just an epic world-class failure as a human?

Well, according to another article:
"After he was arrested, Hughes asked to talk to former President George W. Bush, saying he wanted his favorite president to know he was in trouble."

Seems pretty clear that it is the latter.

/PA building codes for educational institutes require exits that are usable 24/7

ZMugg		2012-05-24 03:14:52 PM

thaduke: Dee Snarl: I_Am_Weasel: Is there where you say...

"You know who else liked to burn books...?"

Damn you.

[s10.postimage.org image 425x309]

3 min. too late.

*Shakes tiny fist.*

Same picture too.

blatz514		2012-05-24 03:17:46 PM

He was just burning the ones that had "pee pee" and "wee wee" written on them.

ZMugg		2012-05-24 03:18:06 PM

Galileo's Daughter: thaduke: Dee Snarl: I_Am_Weasel: Is there where you say...

"You know who else liked to burn books...?"

Damn you.

[s10.postimage.org image 425x309]

"Gooshe-shtepping morons such as yourshelf should try reading booksh instead of baerning them!"

FTFM

thaduke		2012-05-24 03:18:17 PM

ZMugg: thaduke: Dee Snarl: I_Am_Weasel: Is there where you say...

"You know who else liked to burn books...?"

Damn you.

[s10.postimage.org image 425x309]

3 min. too late.

*Shakes tiny fist.*

Same picture too.

You stood up to be counted with the enemy of everything the Grail stands for - who gives a DAMN what you think?!

MBooda		2012-05-24 03:20:36 PM

I_Am_Weasel: Is there where you say...

"You know who else liked to burn books...?"

All the books, Montag?
thepinksmoke.com

/wondering about subby's headline. So this doesn't apply if you're burning books during the library's regular business hours?

MattyBlast		2012-05-24 03:22:08 PM

At least he is not a book-burner, you Nazi cow.

Bruce Springsteen's Next Tour Stop		2012-05-24 03:36:00 PM

Hey little girl is your daddy home
Did he go away and leave you all alone
I got a bad desire
I'm on fire
Tell me now baby is he good to you
Can he do to you the things that I do
I can take you higher
I'm on fire

/Oblig.

Ed Grubermann		2012-05-24 03:44:38 PM

KidKorporate: If this was done for religious/conservative reasons other than just being straight up insane, I'd absolutely no problem with putting a bullet in that cocksucker's head. This shiat has to stop.

Well, people should only burn books they own. Destroying other people's property is wrong. As for burning books, unless it's a one-of-a-kind, it's pointless in the era of mass produced books.

ZMugg		2012-05-24 03:48:17 PM

thaduke: ZMugg: thaduke: Dee Snarl: I_Am_Weasel: Is there where you say...

"You know who else liked to burn books...?"

Damn you.

[s10.postimage.org image 425x309]

3 min. too late.

*Shakes tiny fist.*

Same picture too.

You stood up to be counted with the enemy of everything the Grail stands for - who gives a DAMN what you think?!

My Mom? I'll ask her.

_{If I can pry you off her for 2 damn minutes

the trollop}

NullReferenceException		2012-05-24 03:49:52 PM

Obligatory:
imgs.xkcd.com

KidKorporate		2012-05-24 03:51:48 PM

Ed Grubermann: KidKorporate: If this was done for religious/conservative reasons other than just being straight up insane, I'd absolutely no problem with putting a bullet in that cocksucker's head. This shiat has to stop.

Well, people should only burn books they own. Destroying other people's property is wrong. As for burning books, unless it's a one-of-a-kind, it's pointless in the era of mass produced books.

Pointless, absolutely. To me that just underlines the outmoded non-think that must be erased from our species' collective memory if we are to save ourselves from ourselves.

thaduke		2012-05-24 03:57:49 PM

ZMugg: thaduke: ZMugg: thaduke: Dee Snarl: I_Am_Weasel: Is there where you say...

"You know who else liked to burn books...?"

Damn you.

[s10.postimage.org image 425x309]

3 min. too late.

*Shakes tiny fist.*

Same picture too.

You stood up to be counted with the enemy of everything the Grail stands for - who gives a DAMN what you think?!

My Mom? I'll ask her.

If I can pry you off her for 2 damn minutes

the trollop

I was setting you up for 'You do!'. But now everything's ruined forever.

kisseswookies		2012-05-24 04:04:22 PM

Sigh. I weep for the future. I'll never forget when I was in high school, sitting reading a book in my free time, one guy felt it necessary to mock my extracurricular activity... People are encouraged to not think anymore.

/why no, he didn't graduate.

Millennium		2012-05-24 04:09:41 PM

rolladuck: From a safety perspective, I am a little concerned that it is possible to have a public building locked down such that it is impossible for someone inside to get out in the event of a fire. Are they concerned that people are going to pilfer the place and that they can't allow the panic bars to open the doors? Or was this guy just an epic world-class failure as a human?

Well, we do need to have something to keep looters and other such unsavory types out of burning public buildings. I'm thinking something obvious; something big and brightthat would severely injure people who went in. You know, like maybe, say, a fire.

Mock26		2012-05-24 04:10:43 PM

What books did he burn?

ZMugg		2012-05-24 04:11:30 PM

thaduke: ZMugg: thaduke: ZMugg: thaduke: Dee Snarl: I_Am_Weasel: Is there where you say...

"You know who else liked to burn books...?"

Damn you.

[s10.postimage.org image 425x309]

3 min. too late.

*Shakes tiny fist.*

Same picture too.

You stood up to be counted with the enemy of everything the Grail stands for - who gives a DAMN what you think?!

My Mom? I'll ask her.

If I can pry you off her for 2 damn minutes

the trollop

I was setting you up for 'You do!'. But now everything's ruined forever.

But...but that was HER line.

Not a 'her'.

Didn't think of it.

Sorry.

Doink_Boink		2012-05-24 04:14:04 PM

Fark THAT story, missing the best part is not acceptable!

thismomentinblackhistory		2012-05-24 04:40:18 PM

malkore: Glad to see this got green-lit, but my headline was better. The link I sent including a winner of a mug-shot...he looked stoned, big time.

Cool story, bro.

CliChe Guevara		2012-05-24 04:46:37 PM

KidKorporate: If this was done for religious/conservative reasons other than just being straight up insane, I'd absolutely no problem with putting a bullet in that cocksucker's head. This shiat has to stop.

From another article:
"After he was arrested, Hughes asked to talk to former President George W. Bush, saying he wanted his favorite president to know he was in trouble."

I think a bullet in the head is a pretty safe bet here.

/My only question is whether he asked for his phone call to be to Rush or Hannity

HairBolus		2012-05-24 05:05:49 PM

Better article at Journal Star:

bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com

Police say a 25-year-old man tried to burn down the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Love Library North on Wednesday morning.
...
Police said Hughes called 911 because he couldn't find an exit after the fire started.
Evans did not know which books burned, but he said the fire did not spread to anything else and the library was not damaged.
...
After he was arrested, Hughes asked to talk to former President George W. Bush, saying he wanted his favorite president to know he was in trouble.
...
Prosecutor Nicholas Freeman said he was charged Wednesday afternoon with first-degree arson because he knew there were people in the library.

malkore		2012-05-24 06:09:57 PM

Yep, my submission used the Journal Star article because it included the mugshot...where he looks stoned as stoned can be.

/naw its probably just allergies
//that's my alma mater
///slash