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Old 04-19-2024, 02:24 PM
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Explain to me just how setting yourself on fire works as a protest?


I see it as a "I'll show you" "You'll be sorry" protest from a sick mind....
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Old 04-19-2024, 03:35 PM
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Explain to me just how setting yourself on fire works as a protest?


I see it as a "I'll show you" "You'll be sorry" protest from a sick mind....
It works not very well, any more. People just shrug you off as a suicidal nut. Back in the 1960s though the Buddhist monks doing it in South Vietnam shocked everyone and had a big impact. It was a new thing to everyone then.
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Old 04-19-2024, 03:46 PM
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It works not very well, any more. People just shrug you off as a suicidal nut. Back in the 1960s though the Buddhist monks doing it in South Vietnam shocked everyone and had a big impact. It was a new thing to everyone then.

I remember the Monk setting himself alight back then.

Even then thought it was a act of stupidly.

Or..

Understand the reasoning and somewhat their belief system. Leaving this life with a statement, act to move forward toward final enlightenment nirvana heaven....

To be enjoyed the next time around..
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Old 04-20-2024, 09:45 AM
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Explain to me just how setting yourself on fire works as a protest?


I see it as a "I'll show you" "You'll be sorry" protest from a sick mind....
The poor soul believed both tRump and Biden were at the root of whatever demons that were bouncing around in his noggin.
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