link is broken - sends to wikipedia entry on HTTP

your link is broken.

you don't need to set on fire things that aleady burning, right? :)

The link has a malformed URL.. Just thought you should know.

*psst* bad link

*psst* just remove the extra "html//"

@Rampantidiocy -- no, that's your browser trying to guess what you want. The link actually justs sends you into the abyss (there are two "http"s) are the beginning.

just remove the garbage from the front of the url.
http://laughingsquid.com/burning-man-set-on-fire-early-arson-is-to-blame/

http://laughingsquid.com/burning-man-set-on-fire-early-arson-is-to-blame/

Jebus: http://laughingsquid.com/burning-man-set-on-fire-early-arson-is-to-blame/

Here is the correct link:

http://laughingsquid.com/burning-man-set-on-fire-early-arson-is-to-blame/

Just remove the extra "http:\\"!

http://laughingsquid.com/burning-man-set-on-fire-early-arson-is-to-blame/

Premature Combustion!

Corrected link:

http://laughingsquid.com/burning-man-set-on-fire-early-arson-is-to-blame/

I need to visit the US one day.
"Pleasure or Business?"
"Burning Man."

Instead of complaining post the correct link:

http://laughingsquid.com/burning-man-set-on-fire-early-arson-is-to-blame/

Thanks. I fixed the link.

Cool your jets, peeps; there's just an extra 'http//'. Do you know how to use a cursor and a backspace key?

From the BMan website:
At approximately 2:58 local time, 8/28/07, a fire ignited the Burning Man figure and the center Green Man Pavilion at the Burning Man event in Black Rock City, Nevada.

Black Rock City Emergency Services Department units responded from Stations Three, Five, and Nine and put the fire out within approximately 23 minutes. There were no reported injuries. The Man is still standing, and an assesment is underway to determine the structural integrity of The Man and the Green Man Pavillion. The event will continue as scheduled.

An arson investigation is currently under way, and is ongoing. There is no confirmed cause of ignition at this time.

No further information is available at this time. More information will be released tomorrow morning after the investigation can safely be concluded.

http://burningman.com

This should get you where you want to go.

http://laughingsquid.com/burning-man-set-on-fire-early-arson-is-to-blame/

Man, imagine reporting it to the cops.

"Officer, they set fire to the Burning Man!"

"They burned the... burning thing?"

"The Man! It was burned!"

"Er... isn't that what you wanted?"

The Man exists in their hearts.

At the last minute you could build a tiny man out of Dixie cups and marshmallows -- and the inner emotions of the playa throng would invest it with just as much significance.

Why do I find this endlessly amusing?

Why do I find this endlessly amusing?

ive never heard of someone getting arrested at BM. wow

OH MY GOD!!!

Priceless.
Premature burnination.

Interesting. Will there be a new man made for burning?

probably some old-school burner mad at the way Burning Man has been going lately.

I can't believe this finally happened! Several years ago, someone showed me a pack of matches that had BURN THE MAN EARLY printed on the cover. I thought it would be a great idea, to provide and alternate end to an "alternative" festival!

As is said, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him."

http://www.ordinarymind.com/koan_killing.html

It looks like they are going to scrap the one they have and build a new one. That is the sort of thinking that get my fires burning, so to speak. I'm really interested in seeing what they come up with.

I wonder if this is in any way connected to the fact that BMORG invited green businesses on-site to demo their wares. Is this the first example of "terrorism" at BM, or just one of the many random acts of art vandalism?

John

Burn, hippies! Die of dehydration and exposure!

Burnination???

How about 'incineration'?

Sic Transit Mundis

Strongbad would be pleased...

omg premature burination...ROFL.

Is it horrible of me to find the whole thing funny...?

Oh noes! They be burninating our mans!

they had a similar problem at last year's wickerman festival. where they burn a large wickerman
http://www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickerman_Festival

fortunately scotland is a little more damp than the desert and it didn't catch light

more pics of the burned man here: http://blog.limewire.com/archives/2007/08/28/the-man-preburns/

~~ Is it horrible of me to find the whole thing funny...? ~~

Not at all. It's really quite hilarious.

Wait they put out the fire. Why? So they can burn it all over again later this week? WOW! Ironicish

At one point, this would have really been considered another type of art by those who attend. It's always been about chaos, unpredictability and randomness--and about playing off each-others art to make something greater.

Now people are just going to whine because some might have missed the big event. Probably something about concession sales dropping or the like.

The fact that people are so bent out of shape by this really indicates something about the current state of the event.

Hurray! Burn it! BURN!

This Chronicle article says Paul Addis of San Francisco was arrested in connection to the burning:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/28/BA2ARQRFI.DTL

This older article says that Paul Addis has been linked from Boing Boing before:

http://earlstirling.com/blog/?p=52

(Includes picture.) Not sure if they're the same guy, but the gonzoduke.com domain linked from that post is registered in Oakland, CA, so it's possible.

Having him burn for the lunar eclipse seems somehow very appropriate in a pagan celebration kind of way.

Burnt Man approves.

Nice registration system... brought me right where I left off...

So, let's see... where was I? Oh yes - this topic is so ripe for many wasted amused hours. Heaven!

Death to "Earning Man"

Long live Burning Man!!