[dfwgator]

In the Czech Republic, they still revere Jan Palach, who self-immolated in 1969 to protest the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Palach

[griswold3]

Arab Spring
The Tunisian spark
On December 17, 2010, a young Tunisian who sold vegetables from a barrow set himself afire to protest against police harassment.
Mohamed Bouazizi died on January 4, 2011, but not before his gesture went viral, sparking protests against the cost of living and the country’s authoritarian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

[Rummyfan]

In the Czech Republic, they still revere Jan Palach, who self-immolated in 1969 to protest the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia.

I can respect that even though it did not stop a single Soviet tank from entering Prague.