Burning Protest

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Yesterday, I saw the documentary film about a Buddhist monk set himself on fire by pouring kerosine on his body and lit the fire last year to protest against the corrupt regime in Burma or even the ruling elite in Thailand to bring awareness to his fellow men and women in the country on the despicable national policy that put the masses in a perpetual poverty. It is just shocking and incomprehensible that someone will set himself on fire until he is burned into charcoal as a way to demonstrate his displeasure on the government or regime as an acceptable way to protest. So what is your view on head of monk that set himself ablaze in public street to convey a political message in Thailand, do you consider it as insane, extreme act or merely courageous self sacrifices, or purely as mystical mind at work, or whatever it is in yuor view. Tell me what's the first impression you get seeing such an act unfold in front of your eye; Shocking, appalled, frozen, disbelieving, or what?? You are free to express your view on this.