Dispatch: Self-Immolation as a Political Tool

[maxlol0]

@AsianBrotherhood1781 i have seen many bullies juz like u whom only dare to bully the weak and the minorities.when u fckers encounter real power like the chinese troops,u will be on your knees begging for mercy lol.

[maxlol0]

@AsianBrotherhood1781 come to china if u dare lol.try to show off your shitz? our troops will be marching into south china sea and bomb u fuckers into dirt. jungle hero like u dare to only talk tough behind computers?show some actions bro can't wait for u to attack so that we can find some reasons to send troops to your country like what US did to iraq

[oOooooooooyeah1]

It changes nothing.

[petelosuaniu]

it is madness. People who do this have lost their minds.

[maxlol0]

wow islam extremists suicide

[blackolps]

@maxlol0 Wtf tibet is buddhist you dumbfuck

[strangerlover11]

Self Sacrificing as a suicide for wisdoms of others is totally act of madness...hahahaha

[psittacid]

Stratfor and intelligence should not be mentioned in the same sentence.

[TheMichlink]

wow amazing!!

[druett20]

Part of the answer is too stop buying so much cheap crap from China that is part of the reason why china bullys the rest of the world around and thinks it can do what it wants, there human right record is a joke and the world knows it but will it stop people buying cheap s**t from Primark i very much dought it.

[AreaQNH872]

asia had two terrorist,,,, one korean  two chinese

[simontatt]

So sad to see how religon gets in the way of God and Life.

[marcelo67607]

Asi quieren ir al cielo estos h d r m p ajajaja directo al infierno se van a quemar como se merecen :)

[gueroalfa]

@marcelo67607 ignorante como comparas al budismo con lo catlico,los catolicos son muy a baros como tu lo unico que hace es querer ir al a es paraiso que enverdad no existe primero envestiga por que se quemo ..

si la gente es buena por que teme al castigo y espera una recompensa,

somos efectivamente un grupo lamentable.

albert einstein

[Macdeth1717]

Very informative, such a delicate and serious topic

[MunkieBoi999]

Why couldn't they just blow up another tower?

[TheGingermeister]

@MunkieBoi999 You best be trolling.

[oaim50]

Sopa Tulku, a much-revered lama immolated himself in Golok on January 8th this year. He wrote: “I am not self-immolating for my personal interests or problems, but for the six million Tibetans who have no freedom and for the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet.”

That's clear enough to my mind. The video is also very clear. Although I must say that I'm against suicides of any kind. PRC responds by making it sound like [1] they're terrorists, [2] they had personal unhappiness or frustration.

[shimitaifetter]

word of advice to folks, you cannot use your cultural lens to judge actions that arise from other cultures. you must do your best to truly consider the cultural and religious context that these actions arise from you. otherwise, your understanding of any action, other than one which your values would guide you to, will be severely lacking.

[hijazlander]

@shimitaifetter And who says you can't judge?

[GloriousSceneLee]

killing yourself that is a sin. God will not forgive you. because the life is a gift from God, u just can't kill it at any reason.

[LickTicknet]

@GloriousSceneLee lol umad?

[DinoSwede]

@GloriousSceneLee They're killing themselves to prove a point that what they're protesting against is profoundly unjust. This form of protest is ultimately for the good of man, of which there is no higher purpose. In the Christian religion, Jesus was sent down for the purpose of dying for mans sin and he knew this, so essentially he was killing himself, but it was for the best. If anything God happy that you're standing up for what you believe in.

[GloriousSceneLee]

@DinoSwede Jesus Christ had been killed by the devil, not suicide.

[henmich]

This makes me so sad. God bless the people that suffer for any reason. I hate that people get so desperate that burning themselves alive seems a viable option...

[Slashplite]

'Ryszard_Siwiec' check him in wikipedia

[LeKden8]

Where is Tibet???? 

[PsionicAnnihilator]

@LeKden8 its in china, china just fucks up everything.

[dano2572]

wow graphic

[serioussam40]

FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE!

[DragonOfQin]

Buddha doesn't tell you to hurt yourself. Tibetan shit monks practice serfdom and feudalism. That ain't Buddhism mother fuckers. Fake ass shit go burn yourself while I take a seat and laugh my ass off bitches.

[hymn1337]

china inf, is for noobs! china inf, is for noobs!

[JosephHuntington]

Self-immolation is a final grenade thrown at the world. A simple Tweet has similar power, but because people are blind to this truth, America will be enslaved. When the distribution flow is strangled by our Great Leader, panic will sweep the land. Rumors become gas. Cities are burned down. Then the dark days seem justified. We all are quiet, hoping that the warnings of the wise are just opinions. We hope history isn't repeated.

[Dimacswtf]

fuck the government

[YousayOh]

this people should live

[YousayOh]

politicians must burn

[gozillavsbatman]

sure... take the easy way out >.>

[wqpeb]

Quicker than a hunger strike.

[hijazlander]

@wqpeb LOL

[636mx]

get out the hot dogs

[sengalkol]

self immolation is NOT martyrdom at all,it's a stupid act of a bunch of fucked up people who had to much desperation in their life,fuck their action,and fuck all of those people who barbecue them themself,read the bible,torah,and quran, it is wrong to do that!

[iasnb17yt]

@sengalkol fuck you

[sengalkol]

@iasnb17yt FUCK YOU TO... MOTHERFUCKER...

[sengalkol]

@iasnb17yt FUCK YOU TOO...MOTHERFUCKER...

[rrusy]

yes.. it is easy to talk I admit it.. but better died and burnt after kill those politics bastard than useless burnt

[Photonzos]

Burning yourself alive is a disgusting act which ultimately is an assault on our entire species.

It has exactly the same effect as ANY suicide does. It is an indiscriminate violence to others.

Do something more constructive whatever that may be. Suicide is anti everything including revolution.

It is a completely foolish notion to think suicide does not affect others. The injuries to others are invisible but catastrophic. Wise up.

[Kitama23]

@Photonzos Ok, there's a difference between killing yourself over feeling overwhelmed or depressed, and then there's sacrificing one's self for a cause.

[kunsmeister]

@Photonzos

"It has exactly the same effect as ANY suicide does",

the fact that we're here talking about it means it has a much larger effect than any one persons suicide.

"It is an indiscriminate violence to others."

the violence being commited is to their human rights,

awareness is their target not a selfish act with disregard to those close to them....

"wise up"....not everyone's social situation is the same as yours, respect difference...

wise up bud.

[keyofdavid888]

self immolation? ROFL

its suicide and a cop out

Want political power? do it the right way

suicide is self murder and it is very stupid.

[TheOrderoftheOwl]

How do they set themselves on fire and not move? I mean, the natural reaction is to move around and try and put yourself out regardless if you do it on purpose or not. How is this possible? Maybe they shoot themselves up with drugs before they do it?

[jcoveiro84]

free tibet



[ReTaRDis1337]

@jcoveiro84 Tibet was free if they would submit to the country's rules. Please read some facts before posting.

[jcoveiro84]

@ReTaRDis1337 yeah and europe would have been free if they submitted to hitler, right? you call submitting to china's rule "free"? i meet with exiled tibetan monks yearly and have for 12 years, i think i might know a enough about the subject to post the comment; "free tibet"

[ReTaRDis1337]

@jcoveiro84 You make China sound like a bad and evil place, but it's actually not.

You can have a nice and decent life in China like you can in the West, if you just follow your country's rules - Just like from where you come from :-)

[restnn]

Political Tool? or religion's tool? that's stupid how we depict why a person had killed himself. When you're have been abused or someone you cared about was killed that's the only way they can fight back. Religion and politics has nothing to do with it. Man, we're getting stupider by the hour, Who buy's this shit.

[LassekLorenz]

@restnn

youre getting stupider by the hour! When you live in private despair, you wouldnt chose the most painful and public way for suicide! Do you SERIOUSLY deny that self-immolators have a more important issue than to flee from their personal despairs???

[restnn]

@LassekLorenz Are you a fucking idiot? can you read? my point is we depict these Issue, and these people. Fuck off troll your argument doesn't even come close against mine.

[axe863]

I used to set myself on fire but then I took an arrow to my knee.

[mortalsgrief]

they did that 30.00 years ago too menny did that is if it was normal cince roman got theyr name befor the new world order battle has been invented years forward couse they realy dont want to becom slaves noor turtured to dead this is the reason they  burn themselfs 290% i wont lose hope like that couse i know AE westwood good at war they also know evrything most nations dont understand even governance

[mortalsgrief]

@mortalsgrief 30.000 yeras ago sorry typing multi tabs realy fast

[marcellothefellow]

@mortalsgrief booo bo gaa ga

[WirlWind494]

Well, this certainly brings new meaning to "die in a fire" o.0

[Mussawarx]

Great presentation.

[kydenj28]

This is the Ultimate protest!

[TwistedComplex]

this is what the new hippie liberals of america defend when they lovingly talk about how we should be more like china

if only those self-indulgent zeros knew the kind of government china was

[ProBonoz]

I going to soak in gasoline and burn myself... I think that will send a clear message to the US!

[Y3TIFREAK]

@ProBonoz you definitely should! fight the power!

[Nhordmyr]

interesting view.

[dtownwarrior]

THEY WOULD RATHER SELF DESTRUCT THAN BE OPRESSED !!!!!!!

[MrNguyenGam]

VIETNAM VIET NAM VIET NAM

[Daaru23]

self immolation definitely isnt religious

Buddha would hate to see people kill themselves in this way, its political.

[699backstab]

@Daaru23 All acts of violence and torture are stemmed in religion. Religion is a cancer on the Human spirit.

[Daaru23]

@699backstab okay arrogant atheist/troll

[CreepX]

@nonchalant1985 look whos talking...

[catwatters4]

S I is the Ultimate DEBT,, when you are No longer able to embody yourself and Complete eviction has taken place

[AzerChristians]

When is Dalai Lama going to self-immolate ? Now that will REALLY piss off China, won't it ? LOL... he just simply reincarnate again and voila ! ANOTHER Dalai Lama 15 in brand new flesh to struggle against China for another 80 years to continue his LUST for Political Power and control over his serfdom ! ... or I thought Buddhists are not supposed to involve themselves with worldly lusts ?? ......... maybe not so for Tibetans buddhists ........a.k.a. Hypocrites !

[TibetArchive]

Save Tibet From China !

[thanhharrt1991]

CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM MUÔN NĂM

[SH1NSAN9]

Please educate yourselves on the very recent Self-immolations of 9 monks and a nun in TIBET under Chinese rule. SAVE TIBET

[V3li526]

why would ppl do this

[JacobyFirox]

@V3li526 To stand up for a belief. Not many are willing to die for a belief, and fewer still are willing to give their life for that same belief. I know i'm not.

[JBLAKIE1]

@V3li526

you apparently didnt watch the video or listen to any of the words

[BAIYUE1]

@V3li526

Because Han Chinese invaded country of Tibetan.

[JeezyBol]

As Human's we are not meant to be controlled by a Government.

We are meant to be our selfs, by our selfs.

Rage against and stand up for your rights.

[HateFenians]

It took 3 brave Czechs/Slovaks to keep communism out of Czechoslovakia, wonder if self immolation could work on Putin or Obama?

[NewTRAlLERS]

Self-Immolation = Stupidity

[MadeInHeaven0]

@NewTRAlLERS you = asshole

[Grandpwner99]

@NewTRAlLERS Self-Immolation is an act of selflessness for a greater cause

[Ethenbros]

1:45-1:54 look! Darth Vader!

[TheEckoff]

dug la phat Vn

k 1 chut dau don'

ng da tu thieu

[ptlofts]

@1234dog56 That is called Patriotism by some..

[e8tballz]

@1234dog56 and what if it was dirt?

[Jacquelyn104]

DAMN!

[MrWatchdawg77]

Oh come on! Who burns themselves to death?  I bet most of these people who burned themselves were forced into it by thugs with threats to their loved ones! The ones who did it by themselves where deeply hurt and ill!

[JesusWasNotHere]

@MrWatchdawg77

He wasn't forced. He did it for the rights of the buddhists.

He had so much control of himself that he didn't move a muscle when it happened.

[MrWatchdawg77]

@JesusWasNotHere Ya sure...that's why the soldiers are standing around!

[JesusWasNotHere]

@MrWatchdawg77

Sorry. I think I answered the wrong comment. At least, the one who sat still did it for the buddhist rights in Vietnam.

[Dubaifreak]

wow that monk didnt even move¬!!!

[MrWatchdawg77]

@Dubaifreak He probably wasn't real!

[YourProfessor]

@MrWatchdawg77 He was, self-immolation, when done correctly, is actually a pretty quick death. If everything catches on fire once, you go into shock very quickly

[TheRammsteinKiller]

BORIING

[Cellosmoon30]

it doesn't impress me at all, it just makes me think "Wow, the people behind the cause are idiots!"

[ajdocumentary]

@Cellosmoon30 with all do respect...if you understand their passion and the things people have gone through during the Vietnam war; how horrible the condition was for many, and the love and care the monks have for their people and country, maybe, you will understand

[MrMisanthrope1]

donjt forgert the marshmellows

[arzgania]

wow..man that's unbelievable. You really need to have a cause to do something like that.

Fox News/other media call for 'revolution' in the States...Lawl. They don't remember what revolution really means. Health care does not equate to the Final Struggle.

This does. RIP humanity. Hope our children look back at this and laugh at our primitive, collective stupidity.

[thatzaguy]

The ultimate self sacrifice for the greater good. Great commentary in this vid, thank you.

[iknewitalready]

for Honor, Liberty and Rights &

against brute oppression and tyranny.

[iknewitalready]

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

Patrick Henry, March 23 1775

[iknewitalready]

message of the powerless in front of Tyranny.

[iknewitalready]

nothing to lose

[Wolfsbane909]

@AbuJahfar its their body they can do whatever the fuck they want with it.

[jx14aby]

@AbuJahfar

But it does get your attention. A friend has a burning monk tattooed on his right shoulder.  Spooky.

[kmg501]

When people have nothing left to lose, they do things like this. The global fascism that is going on is turning many people against their own governments.

[gianlucamassimo]

@kmg501 This people DO have everything to loose. But because of their great heart and spirit, their are ready to sacrifice their own life for humankind. Those are awsome people. That's all. Honor to them.

[6billiondeaths]

@gianlucamassimo absolutely - honour them all

[rolling422]

@gianlucamassimo  suicide is cowardous and to display it to everyone is utter cowardous

[abadeizer]

@rolling422 self-sacrificing yourself for others is a product of wisdom and good-will, not cowardliness. The cowardly ones are the ones that stand behind the line, judging thoughtlessly.

[hijazlander]

@abadeizer I guess that makes you a coward doesn't it? People who perform self-immolation should be mocked and scorned, only a retard who burn themselves.

[IAMTHESHITEHAWK]

@hijazlander YOU'RE A FUCKING RETARD - HE'S A HERO YOU FUCKWIT!

[FoGGeRdk]

@rolling422 internet opinions.. zzzz

[LOLLIEGEEFMELOLLY]

@kmg501 hah! Occupy pussies prefer warm beds at night, shows they really believe in their thoughts. Oh wait, what thoughts?

[GishabrunLOB]

@LOLLIEGEEFMELOLLY You are an idiot. Simple as that

[tehatemachine]

@kmg501 or maybe they just did it all for the lulz?

[extrachromosone]

From carbon to carbon.

[AlexanderSigal]

crazy! i could never do that.

[MrRichardKranium]

@AlexanderSigal We all know what you do, Your not fooling anyone you COINTELPRO TROLL.

[viewer84]

sober and fascinating view of a tricky issue. bravo

[Teranex]

I dont like my country! Where is the fuel?! :D