# I set him on fire, but I didn't think it would hurt **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 31, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674 "2003-10-31T16:35:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/21 "2003-11-01T03:16:02Z")
When I was in 10th grade, a guy held a lighter up to my leather skirt to see if it would melt. He was also a gang member, so there was really nothing I could do. Nothing you can do about assholes. ---
**Author:** ![kiwiboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@kiwiboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiwiboy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/22 "2003-11-01T03:41:49Z")
It ain’t just children who are this stupid - [27 year old investment banker does the same thing](http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/04/24/newzealand.fire/) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/23 "2003-11-01T05:10:30Z")
And he got a mere two years in jail and a piddling fine??? For killing one victim, and leaving another facing multiple surgeries??? > [@](#): > > Justice Hansen said he accepted 27-year-old Schofield was truly remorseful and any sentence would not compare with the punishment of knowing he had killed his friend, the radio reported. > > But he said a term of imprisonment was required to reflect the sanctity of human life. Wow – two whole years in the slammer, for causing such a horrifyingly agonizing death. Doesn’t sound like much value given for sanctity of life, does it? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/24 "2003-11-01T06:22:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*When I was in 10th grade, a guy held a lighter up to my leather skirt to see if it would melt. He was also a gang member, so there was really nothing I could do. Nothing you can do about assholes. \*\* How about a good swift kick to the center of his universe? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/25 "2003-11-01T07:47:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by danceswithcats \* > \*\*How about a good swift kick to the center of his universe? \*\* I said he was a gang member. ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/26 "2003-11-01T08:05:59Z")
Your link didn’t work for me, kiwiboy. I just got to the world section of the site, but no article. Just a blank white space where the article should have been. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/27 "2003-11-01T08:22:47Z")
You would not have wanted to see that article. It was horrific event that illuminated our piddling sentences. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/28 "2003-11-01T09:25:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DanielWithrow \* > \*\*That’s pretty bad – but at least it got me looking at other Yahoo stories, where we find the more upbeat [Flasher pummelled by Catholic girls](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20031031/od_uk_nm/oukoe_crime_girls). > > At last – some good news! I’m just wondering how the flasher is feeling about it all. > > Daniel \*\* That’s fucking awesome! ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/29 "2003-11-01T16:10:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kiwiboy \* > \*\*It ain’t just children who are this stupid - [27 year old investment banker does the same thing](http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/04/24/newzealand.fire/) \*\* This has got to be one of the most horrific things I’ve ever read. Going by base assumptions here… the two parties (the man who died and the woman who has already had six surgeries) were in the bathroom probably having a grand old time when this POS fucks everything up: > [@](#): > > MacFadyen and Offwood were in a stall in the men’s toilets when Schofield set fire to MacFadyen’s skirt by reaching under the stall door with a cigarette lighter. AND he’d tried it earlier! > [@](#): > > Earlier in the evening, Schofield had set fire to MacFadyen’s grass skirt which briefly caught fire before being patted out, the court was told. Words. Cannot. Express. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/30 "2003-11-01T21:11:14Z")
I can’t believe any 15 year old anywhere doesn’t know that setting someone on fire hurts a lot. The little sociopath is a good liar. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/31 "2003-11-03T13:51:49Z")
I think he knows fire hurts, I think he just didn’t count on the fire being so big. Same deal with the guy who killed his friend. Clearly these people are fucking morons and need to be punished, but I don’t think they actually intended any harm. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/32 "2003-11-03T13:54:13Z")
It’s stories like this that make me think state sanctioned steriliztion might actually be a good thing. I mean, how the HELL does one think that setting another person’s clothes on fire is “Just good harmless fun”? Bit of a hijack, though, I have to admit, the thing about the flasher was fucking GREAT! I just hope that if the fucker tries to sue the school or the girls for beating him, he gets laughed out of court (you know it’s going to happen). I’m just curious as to how this guy hadn’t been caught by authorities before, seeing as how he had apparently done this at least 7 times. Cops sure are slacking these days. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/33 "2003-11-03T14:02:41Z")
[Some kids just suck](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=221172). ---
**Author:** ![kiwiboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@kiwiboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiwiboy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674/34 "2003-11-04T06:46:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hazel \* > \*\*Your link didn’t work for me, kiwiboy. I just got to the world section of the site, but no article. Just a blank white space where the article should have been. \*\* I;m noit sure why that link didn’t work for you. [Here’s](http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,37602-1-7,00.html) a different one if you’re still interested. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-him-on-fire-but-i-didnt-think-it-would-hurt/210674.md?page=1)