On the contrary, it's meaningless to view this only through psychology. Was the monk who self-immolated in Vietnam depressed? Psychology doesn't have the vocabu

On the contrary, it's meaningless to view this only through psychology. Was the monk who self-immolated in Vietnam depressed? Psychology doesn't have the vocabulary in place to understand political emotions, and the only people who insist that political emotions don't exist are people who would prefer you didn't have them. This action is inseparable from the politics that created it -- that's why people talk about politics in its context. Was it a cold action that hurt his wife and the people closest to him? Yes. But was it also a bold humanitarian move that made him a hero in Vietnam? Yes. It's possible for something to be both political and personal, and this article didn't try to oversimplify that. How about a different lesson? That unnecessary war causes untold suffering.