And this proves . . .?

A California man "used flammable liquid to light himself on fire, apparently to protest a San Joaquin Valley school district's decision to change the names of winter and spring breaks to Christmas and Easter vacation."

It suggests a new ghoulish Christmas song, along the lines of "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer." Phrases like "Chestnuts roasting by an open fire" and "Yule Log" come to mind.

Seriously, though, what is it about people having faith in a redeemer, who taught us to be kinder, more responsible, and generally better people, that would drive someone to pull a stunt like this in protest? Isn't this carrying the "tyranny of the majority thing" way beyond common sense.

Once again, here's the basic rule about demonstrations: They only mean something if they're done in defiance of some unjust and immoral law, showing by the response of the police how wrong the law is. But this kind of thing lacks any connection to the rule, decision or law it is protesting. What is each demonstrating? The former, the fact that a law such as the segregation laws in the Southern States, are unconscionable. The latter, that this many is very upset by a decision he doesn't like, but which strikes others as no big deal, and that he is insane and needs to get a life.