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re: Active Duty USAF Airman Self Immolates outside Israeli Embassy in Protest

Posted on 2/25/24 at 9:12 pm to
Posted by scrooster
Resident Ethicist
Member since Jul 2012
38904 posts
Posted on 2/25/24 at 9:12 pm to
Word is .... he gonna die.

Darwin Award nominee.

He's doubtful to make it through another sunset.

He did it to himself. No one else did it to him. He did it to himself.

I remember when some monk in Vietnam did it back .... had to be fifty years or more ago. It accomplished nothing.

Neither will this fool's suicide accomplish one damn thing either way.
Posted by PrecedentedTimes
Member since Dec 2020
3128 posts
Posted on 2/25/24 at 9:31 pm to
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remember when some monk in Vietnam did it back .... had to be fifty years or more ago. It accomplished nothing.


Actually it accomplished exactly what it was supposed to. JFK finally realized that the US-backed dictator in Vietnam was killing buddhists on the down low, and we pulled support. He was killed by his own men shortly thereafter.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
27050 posts
Posted on 2/26/24 at 1:56 am to
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I remember when some monk in Vietnam did it back .... had to be fifty years or more ago. It accomplished nothing.


If you are referring to Quang Duc and the monks that followed suit they were a prime mover that ultimately led to the coup that toppled Diem's regime which resulted in his assassination.
Posted by LSU Jax
Gator Country Hell
Member since Sep 2006
9194 posts
Posted on 2/26/24 at 5:50 am to
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I remember when some monk in Vietnam did it back .... had to be fifty years or more ago. It accomplished nothing.

Well, I don’t know about nothing. He did make for a heck of an album cover.
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