re waco burning in article r jjinnnmm ctron news ctron com smith ctron com writes mst zeus tamu edu mitchell s todd writes why is an accidental fire more plausible than a mass suicide considering that the davidians were an apocalyptic cult with a history of armed violence because the place was a tinder box with straw bales for insulation and they wouldn t have time to die from smoke inhalation before the fire reached them those people burned to death a truly horrible and agonizingly painful way to die which i don t think even a fanatic would willingly inflict on himself let alone his family you don t know much about the fall of diem s government in vietnam or the traditional indian practice of suttee people have been burning themselves to death or willing to go through such and end for political and religious reasons since the beginning of time also death from smoke inhalation is little better than dying from the flames themselves think about breatning in searing toxic gasses it s not pleasant to anyone who remembered jim jones and who thought that mass suicide was a real possibility self immolation would simply not be the method of choice then again to a buddhist monk it might be to each his own far more likely to be bombs bullets or poisoned kool aid that s not to say they definitely didn t do it i don t make claims either way but i find the idea implausible enough to want to see the gov t thoroughly inves tigated to determine if they started the fire by accident i m waiting to see what the government has too mitchell s todd mst zeus tamu edu
