German man torches his BMW in protest against high gas prices

By The Associated Press

BERLIN - A German man doused his BMW with gasoline and torched it today in protest at skyrocketing fuel costs.

The unemployed 30-year-old man drove the black 1995 BMW sedan onto the lawn outside Frankfurt's convention centre grounds at about 7:30 a.m. He then jumped out, emptied a canister of gas over the vehicle, and set fire to it.

The Bavarian man, whose name was being withheld because he has not been charged with a crime, told police that gas prices were so high he could no longer afford to drive the vehicle.

As in most countries, gasoline prices have risen steadily in Germany - a litre of regular gasoline now costs about $2.50.

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My Brief Commentary: Why would you ever do something stupid like that? Let me get this straight, you just burned your own Beemer, you are unemployed and you did this all in the name of rising gas prices. What if the protest doesn’t change anything, then what? You lost your Beemer for absolutely nothing. I doubt the protest had any impact whatsoever. They don’t care whether you burn a Honda, Mazda, Beemer, Ferrari, they will just think you are some idiot who just burned down your own car and wasted it. Actually it will benefit them even more because now they will get a few laughs out of it. People please think before you act.

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