Man convicted of trying to burn down church for its teachings against masturbation

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"An Orange County man charged with lighting fires at an Irvine church because he was disgruntled about its teachings against masturbation was convicted Tuesday of committing hate-crime arson, authorities said.

Izad Chavoshan, 32, who lives in Huntington Beach, set trash cans on fire in front of the Orange County Church of Christ on three separate occasions in October 2009, prosecutors said."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/oc-man-convicted-church-masturbation-hate-crime.html

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1. Seems less of a hate crime and more of a love-yourself crime. NT

[GodlessBiker]

2. Couldn't he have just masturbated instead?

[N7Shepard]

9. That would have showed them!

[GodlessBiker]

11. In a manner of speaking, yes.

[Lance_Boyle]

3. How is it a hate crime?

His beef is with anti-masturbation wackadoodles, not Christian wackadoodles (although there is significant overlap there).

[LuvNewcastle]

4. Some arsonists like to find

a spot where they can watch the fire unobserved and masturbate while seeing it burn. That would be apropos in this case.

[FSogol]

5. They had it coming....

;)

[KansDem]

6. Sounds like another whackjob!

;)

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. what a jerk off

[meegbear]

8. Before you can love others, you must love yourself ...

and what's love without sex?

[WinkyDink]

10. Pyromania.

[pintobean]

12. Sounds like a one man riot.

[Lars39]

13. I bet he gets taken off their membership rolls.

:eyes:

[Octafish]

14. Get a grip, man!

Three strokes and you're out!

[Gold Metal Flake]

15. He hates churches so much he tried to rub one out.

[Shagbark Hickory]

16. Oh, Orange County California. For a second, I was sharpening up my latest floreeduh wisecrack. nm

[Bragi]

17. dupe /nt

[Bragi]

18. What a dick /nt

[hootinholler]

19. A hunk a hunk of burnin love n/t

[marmar]

20. His real name was Jack Mehoff.

nt