Antiwar protestor sets himself afire - Nov 09, 1965 - HISTORY.com

I just have nothing- I get you are against the war...but setting yourself on fire in protest seems odd.. Morning SP5 Mark Kuzinski have a great day brother

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Self-immolation. Impossible for me to conceive, even if trying to make the strongest of statements, SP5 Mark Kuzinski. I was a sophomore in high school. I don't remember hearing about the event when it occurred, but I was playing HS football, and it occupied a great deal of time. I only remember reading about this years later.

Thanks for reminding us SP5 Mark Kuzinski. Many of us remember self immolating Buddhist monks in Southeast Asia during the 1960s primarily. They lived in totalitarian regimes at times and their protests made a certain amount of sense.
However benighted individuals such as 22-year-old member of the Catholic Worker movement Roger Allen LaPorte and 32-year-old Quaker Norman Morrison elected to publicly immolate themselves.
If there was a news blackout I doubt either one would immolate themselves. They seemed to be somewhat interested in drawing attention to their cause .
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