You'll get the complimentary peanuts on your flight, subby. Nice headline.

Ooh, sick burn, subby.

Occupy Tibet?

China: get out of Tibet!

This kind of action only works vs. people with a conscience. Without a moral compass, China is tone deaf to this kind of protest.

why don't those lazy monks get jobs? they don't even know what they're protesting.

smores anyone

I thought that would be throwing one's self under a steamroller...

As Kanye West said to the monk, "Immolate you finish."

Now THAT's some hardcore protestin', you OWS pansies.

rev. dave: This kind of action only works vs. people with a conscience. Without a moral compass, China is tone deaf to this kind of protest.

Ya; it's almost as bad as hunger strikes. "Excuse me, Mr. Ghandi, but if you're not gonna eat that rice..."

Or people who do walks for charity. There's absolutely no way walking is going to get anyone any closer to a cure for cancer.

Kind of sad we have a word for setting oneself on fire.

He told us he was hardcore.

stuhayes2010: Kind of sad we have a word for setting oneself on fire.

And then there's defenestrating.

What the hell is up with Buddhists and setting themselves on fire? This is the Tet Offensive all over again.
What do they think it will do? People will say think you're just some crazy person looking to kill yourself. I mean, it's great that you feel so passionate about your cause that you're willing to set yourself on fire and possibly injure others in the process, but this is not the way to conduct civil disobedience.

I do wish that Tibet had its own Arab Spring, but I know that it would end badly, what with the People's Army and all.

Build a man a fire, he is warm for a day. But set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.

stuhayes2010: Kind of sad we have a word for setting oneself on fire.

Immolation is the act of sacrificing using fire. Self immolation is sacrificing ones self using fire.

colithian: What the hell is up with Buddhists and setting themselves on fire? This is the Tet Offensive all over again.
What do they think it will do? People will say think you're just some crazy person looking to kill yourself. I mean, it's great that you feel so passionate about your cause that you're willing to set yourself on fire and possibly injure others in the process, but this is not the way to conduct civil disobedience.

I do wish that Tibet had its own Arab Spring, but I know that it would end badly, what with the People's Army and all.

I can't decide if this is the stupidest or most brilliant troll I've ever seen.

/if it's stupid, go research what happened in Tunisia to start the Arab Spring.

and to think we rely on the police here to do things like this to protesters

colithian: What the hell is up with Buddhists and setting themselves on fire? This is the Tet Offensive all over again.
What do they think it will do? People will say think you're just some crazy person looking to kill yourself. I mean, it's great that you feel so passionate about your cause that you're willing to set yourself on fire and possibly injure others in the process, but this is not the way to conduct civil disobedience.

I do wish that Tibet had its own Arab Spring, but I know that it would end badly, what with the People's Army and all.

According to Nietzche, this is what happens when people are dominated by others and are not capable of overcoming their oppressors: they turn their aggression inward.

If you build a man a fire, you keep him warm for a day.
Now, set that man on fire, and you'll keep him warm the rest of his life.

NorCalLos: rev. dave: This kind of action only works vs. people with a conscience. Without a moral compass, China is tone deaf to this kind of protest.

Ya; it's almost as bad as hunger strikes. "Excuse me, Mr. Ghandi, but if you're not gonna eat that rice..."

Or people who do walks for charity. There's absolutely no way walking is going to get anyone any closer to a cure for cancer.

Actually a friend of mine walked 60 miles in 3 days. She raised a lot of pledge money while defeating the common American stereotype simultaneously.

rev. dave: This kind of action only works vs. people with a conscience. Without a moral compass, China is tone deaf to this kind of protest.

It's a pity this is a true statement

SamFlagg: Thumbs down, The leading part of the headline should've said similar to "10th monk honors first 9 monks sacrifice by setting himself on fire...etc"

Headline itself does not provide a strong enough implication for 'imitation' for the pun word substitution.

-1 sir! Minus 1!

Everyone's a critic. I found the implication strong enough to get a good chuckle.

Thoroughly With Foil: NorCalLos: rev. dave: This kind of action only works vs. people with a conscience. Without a moral compass, China is tone deaf to this kind of protest.

Ya; it's almost as bad as hunger strikes. "Excuse me, Mr. Ghandi, but if you're not gonna eat that rice..."

Or people who do walks for charity. There's absolutely no way walking is going to get anyone any closer to a cure for cancer.

Actually a friend of mine walked 60 miles in 3 days. She raised a lot of pledge money while defeating the common American stereotype simultaneously.

You're missing the point. The pledge money helped. The walking didn't. People pledged money to the cause because they believed in the cause, not because they gained some value from the walking. The walking is just to make people feel like they're doing something for the donations.

I thought 'nam was over.

stuhayes2010: Kind of sad we have a word for setting oneself on fire.

We also have a word specifically for throwing someone out of a window. Coined in 1618, in Prague.

/defenestration

NorCalLos: Thoroughly With Foil: NorCalLos: rev. dave: This kind of action only works vs. people with a conscience. Without a moral compass, China is tone deaf to this kind of protest.

Ya; it's almost as bad as hunger strikes. "Excuse me, Mr. Ghandi, but if you're not gonna eat that rice..."

Or people who do walks for charity. There's absolutely no way walking is going to get anyone any closer to a cure for cancer.

Actually a friend of mine walked 60 miles in 3 days. She raised a lot of pledge money while defeating the common American stereotype simultaneously.

You're missing the point. The pledge money helped. The walking didn't. People pledged money to the cause because they believed in the cause, not because they gained some value from the walking. The walking is just to make people feel like they're doing something for the donations.

Nah. The people that pledged were betting the fatty couldn't make it 100 feet.

12349876: colithian: What the hell is up with Buddhists and setting themselves on fire? This is the Tet Offensive all over again.
What do they think it will do? People will say think you're just some crazy person looking to kill yourself. I mean, it's great that you feel so passionate about your cause that you're willing to set yourself on fire and possibly injure others in the process, but this is not the way to conduct civil disobedience.

I do wish that Tibet had its own Arab Spring, but I know that it would end badly, what with the People's Army and all.

I can't decide if this is the stupidest or most brilliant troll I've ever seen.

/if it's stupid, go research what happened in Tunisia to start the Arab Spring.

It's a little of both. Yes, I know about the fruit stand guy. I was just observing that throughout the last few decades, a lot of buddhists have been the ones self-immolating. Most others just do flagellation.

LegacyDL: I thought 'nam was over.

See? He gets it.

trappedspirit: Build a man a fire, he is warm for a day. But set a man on fire, he is warm for the rest of his life.

How have I never heard that before? Genius!

ktybear: rev. dave: This kind of action only works vs. people with a conscience. Without a moral compass, China is tone deaf to this kind of protest.

It's a pity this is a true statement

Oh no, they'll listen. They'll sic the People's Army on them.

NorCalLos: Thoroughly With Foil: NorCalLos: rev. dave: This kind of action only works vs. people with a conscience. Without a moral compass, China is tone deaf to this kind of protest.

Ya; it's almost as bad as hunger strikes. "Excuse me, Mr. Ghandi, but if you're not gonna eat that rice..."

Or people who do walks for charity. There's absolutely no way walking is going to get anyone any closer to a cure for cancer.

Actually a friend of mine walked 60 miles in 3 days. She raised a lot of pledge money while defeating the common American stereotype simultaneously.

You're missing the point. The pledge money helped. The walking didn't. People pledged money to the cause because they believed in the cause, not because they gained some value from the walking. The walking is just to make people feel like they're doing something for the donations.

The walking made the contributions larger as the pledgers agreed to give their amount per mile walked. Also, in my friend's case, a family member succumbed to the disease, so the walking was very valuable both to her & the research fund. What point am I missing again?

rev. dave: This kind of action only works vs. people with a conscience. Without a moral compass, China is tone deaf to this kind of protest.

I'm sure the average citizens of the PRC would be outraged if they were actually aware such an incident took place. Enough outraged citizens might force a change in state policy.

However, since the average citizen will never hear of these incidents thanks to state controlled media and China has proven resistant to external pressure, nothing will be accomplished here.

namegoeshere: Now THAT's some hardcore protestin', you OWS pansies.

I keep wondering if some of the OWS people feel pushed to this point. I know a few people in the 25-30 age range who haven't been able to find work for years now.

It's that age where you still have a bit of crazy activist left in you, but you don't yet have the wisdom to realize that killing yourself isn't worth it.

Thoroughly With Foil: NorCalLos: Thoroughly With Foil: NorCalLos: rev. dave: This kind of action only works vs. people with a conscience. Without a moral compass, China is tone deaf to this kind of protest.

Ya; it's almost as bad as hunger strikes. "Excuse me, Mr. Ghandi, but if you're not gonna eat that rice..."

Or people who do walks for charity. There's absolutely no way walking is going to get anyone any closer to a cure for cancer.

Actually a friend of mine walked 60 miles in 3 days. She raised a lot of pledge money while defeating the common American stereotype simultaneously.

You're missing the point. The pledge money helped. The walking didn't. People pledged money to the cause because they believed in the cause, not because they gained some value from the walking. The walking is just to make people feel like they're doing something for the donations.

The walking made the contributions larger as the pledgers agreed to give their amount per mile walked. Also, in my friend's case, a family member succumbed to the disease, so the walking was very valuable both to her & the research fund. What point am I missing again?

You're missing the fact that walking doesn't make cancer go away any more than eating hot dogs or skinning puppies. Your friends would raise a lot more money if they did something constructive in exchange for donations, or save a lot of money if they just accepted donations without the overhead of organizing a cancer walk.

NorCalLos: Or people who do walks for charity. There's absolutely no way walking is going to get anyone any closer to a cure for cancer.

How do you kill a fox with one leg?

If anyone tries to self-immolate themselves during one of these OWS protest, I would laugh at it. BURN, BABY, BURN!

Seriously, you gave up your Macbook Pro, iPhone, and organic milk for this? Come on.

Drive-by penis shaver.

I flashed my thumb while lighting a candle and it still hurts now a day later,

Plus I have to try it all over again tomorrow with hotdogs on the grill.

7,000,000,000 on earth 300,000,000 in the us, everybody got to die sometime

Mixolydian Master: How is this not the boobies?

It's against the ToS: Images which depict people actually dying (falling to their death, being killed in various ways - e.g. shot, maimed/tortured, etc.) should never be posted or linked to.

I would recommend reporting yourself to the moderators using the Notify link at the bottom of the page to minimize the odds of getting a time-out.

SamFlagg: Thumbs down, The leading part of the headline should've said similar to "10th monk honors first 9 monks sacrifice by setting himself on fire...etc"

Headline itself does not provide a strong enough implication for 'imitation' for the pun word substitution.

-1 sir! Minus 1!

Was MST3K ref. "Hey, Karl Wallenda just burst into flames!" "No? Well, immolation..." etc.

+2

Starry Heavens: Mixolydian Master: How is this not the boobies?

It's against the ToS: Images which depict people actually dying (falling to their death, being killed in various ways - e.g. shot, maimed/tortured, etc.) should never be posted or linked to.

I would recommend reporting yourself to the moderators using the Notify link at the bottom of the page to minimize the odds of getting a time-out.

fark that, occupy fark movement

Starry Heavens: Mixolydian Master: How is this not the boobies?

It's against the ToS: Images which depict people actually dying (falling to their death, being killed in various ways - e.g. shot, maimed/tortured, etc.) should never be posted or linked to.

I would recommend reporting yourself to the moderators using the Notify link at the bottom of the page to minimize the odds of getting a time-out.

Wait, the terms of services ban several Fark Photoshop memes? Who wrote those things?