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Trauma-san:
So... this morning (christmas) at 5:30, this buddhist Monk at a local temple (it's downtown, about 200 people are followers there) set himself on fire.  Apparently, Buddhists have some self-sacrifice thing as a form of protest.  The guy was 74 years old, and left a list of his final 3 wishes, he wanted freedom of religion in Vietnam and around the world, he wanted human rights for all vietnamese people, and he wanted vietnam to retain it's land rights in a dispute against china.  Weird.  

Now_Im_Not_Banned:
What a loser...

white Boy:

--- Quote from: Trauma on December 25, 2003, 05:20:26 PM --- Apparently, Buddhists have some self-sacrifice thing as a form of protest.  
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was this a joke...?

also were did this happen?

Trauma-san:
No, lol, it's not a joke.  Buddhists have some weird concept of protest, where if they burn themselves to death, it's the ultimate form of protest, or something.  I dunno, maybe a buddhist can clue us in.  It was in Charlotte, NC.  

white Boy:
i think they are showing that they would rather die, than live with bullshit in the world, like the monks before this guy who have done this, have protested war and other things, i think it isnt "weird" its basicaly using a humans natural emotions after seeing such a horrible act done in good, to try to change things

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