Person of the Year - the mad loony who set fire to himself in Tunisia.
Shocking; the message they give to their readers - if you're not happy with your lot; not enough money; disgruntled with the useless government? Kill yourself.
What a disgraceful signal to send out to young Brits.
Don't try to improve the situation. Don't change the structure.
Don't help other people.
Pour petrol all over yourself and light a match.
Irresponsible, sick, front page message.
Person of the Year? Someone who killed himself.
Phone hacking appears trivial compared to this latest News International disgrace.
Made me sick when I read it.

That Tunisian certainly 'met his match'

The Times is just a posh version of The Daily Star.

The Times is way off mark on this.

I don't think you are being totally compassionate here tho JK. The man in question must have been completely and utterly desperate to have done such a terrible thing to himself.

But I think I get the point you're making. Celebrating someone who killed himself because that act happened to spark a revolt is just plain wrong. I doubt very much that he killed himself because he wanted democracy, he killed himself because he felt his personal situation was unbearable. That is a tragedy for him and his loved ones, and not something for western democracies to gloat about.

maybe not the 'Person of The Year' but he certainly achieved something..a change of government. Whether that turns out to be better or worse only time will tell.

Was he the inspiration for disaffected British yoof ?...they burnt the suburb instead of themselves.