Buddhist monk self immolation

[traveler]

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 I thought I would share this, as I found it very interesting. It's a buddhist monk Quang Duc who let himself on fire in protest to South Vietnamese Diem regime’s pro-catholic policies and discriminatory Buddhist laws in 1963. The level of consciousness it takes to remain still while burning alive is unimaginable. 

(if this is against the forums guidelines by all means delete this post. I'm very fascinated by this and thought I would share it with people who I think will be too. But it may be too sensitive material.) 

[RichardY]

Burn baby burn, Disco Inferno!

Back when I was in Nam, (9 months a go) I remember the tour guide saying the Vietnamese president at the time was shot and bled to death, within reach of the American embassy. Got to fire an M16 that was left behind on a tunnel tour. A cartridge casing went down my dad back, at the shooting range, made him jump a bit. I suppose this is something else though.