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    Tibetan man sets himself on fire in New Delhi




    (Reuters) - A Tibetan man set himself on fire in New Delhi on Monday at a protest against a visit by Chinese president Hu Jintao, who is due to arrive in India later this week for a summit meeting.

    Pictures taken by a Reuters photographer show the protester enveloped in flames, before being taken to hospital with burns on his torso. It was not clear how serious his injuries were.

    Thirty Tibetans have set themselves on fire, mostly in southwestern China, in the past year to protest against Chinese rule in Tibet, according to Tibetan rights groups. At least 20 of them have died.

    (Reporting by Adnan Abidi; Writing by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Robert Birsel)

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    Tags: delhi, fire, man, sets, tibetan
  • #2
    I don't why they are setting themselves on fire, just protects like a normal person would do.
    This news remind me of that song in Scarface call She's on Fire. lol

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    • #3
      Maybe its because they eschew violence and setting your own self on fire is the most extreme for of non-violent protest.

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      • #4
        you might as well be promoting violence rather than setting yourself on fire. i expected better sense from monks for some reason.

        I am no bird, and no nest ensnares me.

        non commercial would cost less if he was in charge himself which he plans on doing. right now it's n herat but soon it will be in qanadahar.

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        • #5
          Yeah, like anything will change if you kill yourself.
          "You have the watches, we have the time.” – a Talib.

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          • #6
            How does setting oneself on fire actually help?
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            • #7
              It shows the desperation of the people, have some shame than to sit back like arrogant people and make a mockery of someone that is clearly disturbed by certain things that actual drive him to kill himself,you read an article about a man and you suddently think you have the authority to judge whether the man has sence or not or what you expect of him. keep in mind its not just one, there have been many similar cases, these people are hurt by something which they regard more than their own lives.
              Last edited by Manzareh; 03-29-2012, 01:11 PM.
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              *You cannot climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets*

              Originally posted by Karachi
              like I said, there was only one reason I pretended to be pathan, for a girl, who was from Afghan forums and also registered here

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Manzareh View Post
                It shows the desperation of the people, have some shame than to sit back like arrogant people and make a mockery of someone that is clearly disturbed by certain things that actual drive him to kill himself,you read an article about a man and you suddently think you have the authority to judge whether the man has sence or not or what you expect of him. keep in mind its not just one, there have been many similar cases, these people are hurt by something which they regard more than their own lives.
                I couldn't have put it better. Over 20 monks have self-immolated themselves in China over the past 3 months.

                It shows how deeply frustrated somebody can be to take such a step.

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                • #9
                  they're trying to get attention and get on Time magazine. that time is way gone. they need to think of something new.

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                  • #10
                    At least he didn't blow himself up in croweded market place like some lowlife ****bags do in the name if Islam....

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by haviZsultan View Post
                      How does setting oneself on fire actually help?
                      Attention. Now you got to see it, you will tell your friends about it, etc.
                      Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

                      A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

                      For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


                      The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

                      -Ferishta, 1560–1620

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by KhalsaWarrior View Post
                        Maybe its because they eschew violence and setting your own self on fire is the most extreme for of non-violent protest.
                        it is violence against oneself.
                        some women in afghanistan are doing this to themselves, to commit suicide. terrible consequenc when they don't die and have to live with the dreadful debilitating results.

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                        • #13

                          Never trust the judgment of a man with no will for life inside him. To value a cause to that extent, you have to want to live and experience it. One without that desire is just a tool to be used.

                          I am no bird, and no nest ensnares me.

                          non commercial would cost less if he was in charge himself which he plans on doing. right now it's n herat but soon it will be in qanadahar.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by faye View Post
                            some women in afghanistan are doing this to themselves, to commit suicide. terrible consequenc when they don't die and have to live with the dreadful debilitating results.
                            Originally posted by DaZahroJaam. View Post
                            Never trust the judgment of a man with no will for life inside him. To value a cause to that extent, you have to want to live and experience it. One without that desire is just a tool to be used.
                            Here you go.

                            Some women in afghanistan are doing this to themselves, to commit suicide. Terrible consequences when they don't die and have to live with the dreadful debilitating results. Never trust the judgment of a woman with no will for life inside her. To value a cause to that extent, you have to want to live and experience it. One without that desire is just a tool to be used.

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                            • #15
                              alf the remora is a 'tool'.

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