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In the news quite recently a woman doused herself with gasoline and lit it in protest over wholesale Gaza slaughter. She does not seem to have slowed the proces
by angiosperm 3y ago
In the news quite recently a woman doused herself with gasoline and lit it in protest over wholesale Gaza slaughter. She does not seem to have slowed the process.
- anigbrowl 3y agoProbably the best-known example of self-immolation as protest took place a full 10 years before the government it was protesting collapsed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%9...
- lkuty 3y agoAs Thích Nhất Hạnh said, it should not be seen as a suicide but as a way to draw the world's attention to the situation in Vietnam. The distinction is crucial. Cannot remember where I read it.