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Posted on 03/05/2024 10:09:23 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A Time magazine article analyzing self-immolation as a form of protest drew comparisons between Christians who were burned alive for their faith during the Roman Empire and the U.S. airman who set himself on fire last month to protest the Israel-Hamas war.
A Feb. 26 Time magazine article details how self-immolation has been used as a form of protest throughout history, including during the Vietnam War and the Arab Spring.
Aaron Bushnell, 25, an active-duty U.S. Air Force member, filmed himself dousing his body in a clear liquid before lighting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington on Feb. 25, shouting “Free Palestine!” as he burned. Bushnell said that he would "no longer be complicit in genocide."
As the article noted, Bushnell is not the first to self-immolate to protest in response to the Israel-Hamas war. In December, an unidentified individual set themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta. Authorities recovered a Palestinian flag at the scene, and Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said the action was "likely an extreme act of political protest.”
Time magazine reports that the “practice of self-immolation dates back centuries.” One example the article provided included the Hindu tale of Sati, the wife of a Hindu God who burned herself on her husband’s funeral pyre, an action used to justify the now-banned practice of ritual suicide in India.
“Self-immolation was also seen as a sacrificial act committed by Christian devotees who chose to be burned alive when they were being persecuted for their religion by Roman emperor Diocletian around 300 A.D.,” The Times article stated.
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[Aaron Bushnell, 25, an active-duty U.S. Air Force member, filmed himself dousing his body in a clear liquid before lighting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington on Feb. 25, shouting “Free Palestine!” as he burned.]
That seems like a bad idea.
Supposedly Croesus sat on a funeral pyre and had a servant set it on fire (but was rescued by Apollo), according to one of the ancient Greek versions of his fate. But he did it because he was anti-Persian. The guy who recently set himself on fire was in effect pro-Persian (pro-Hamas is pro-Iran). If he expected Apollo to come to his rescue he was badly mistaken.
How ‘bout comparing him to the guy who thought he was Napoleon?!
After the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, a young Czech (Jan Palach?) set himself on fire.
It would be good if TIME would more immediately self immolate.
-fJRoberts-
Ummm, catch me if I’m wrong but weren’t martyrs( including ISIS recently) burned and crucified by others? They didn’t light themselves on fire.
Suicide is kind of a stumblingblock.
one good thing about self immolation...it can only be done once.
If Only
Time is embarassingly ignorant.
Is it true Bushnell was a flaming liberal?
I had forgotten about that one!
Christian martyrs accepted their martrydom, but they did not seek it. None of those who were burned set themselves ablaze. That would be suicide.
But what do facts have to do with contemporary journalism?
I wish more leftists would choose this option.
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