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That blows my mind. I have no idea how the USA would react to something like that.
by PopeDotNinja 6y ago
That blows my mind. I have no idea how the USA would react to something like that.
- pengaru 6y ago> I have no idea how the USA would react to something like that. We know how USA has reacted in the past; it carries on as if nothing happened. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/us/politics/immolation-white-house.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/us/politics/immolation-wh... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/15/david-buckel-lawyer-climate-change-protest https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/15/david-bu... I assume there are more examples, that's just first page picks from a cursory google search.
- dzmien 6y agoMalachi Ritscher's suicide by self immolation in protest of the Iraq war made a strong impression on me at the time. That was near the end of 2006. It seemed to go unnoticed by most everyone else, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachi_Ritscher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachi_Ritscher