[DontMessWithMyCountry]

Well, I can't either. When I was 18, my father still wouldn't 'allow' me to work. Not kidding (and I'm fourth-generation American). However, good fortune was with me in that I wasn't mentally unstable, so the option of self-immolation never crossed my mind as a method of 'protesting' his 'oppressive, cultural' edict. While the incident is tragic, it's a real sweep to attribute it to the country's 'oppression'.

[JoJo Gunn]

Actually, the N.A.G.S. only care about golf....

[freedom44]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/849690/posts

I suggest you watch the video off that link and then say it's not related to political oppression of a population wanting freedom.

[null and void]

However, good fortune was with me in that I wasn't mentally unstable, so the option of self-immolation never crossed my mind as a method of 'protesting' his 'oppressive, cultural' edict.

You had hope that you could move out from under his thumb.

Imagine not having any hope.

Imagine years of not having any hope.

While the incident is tragic, it's a real sweep to attribute it to the country's 'oppression'.

Five separate incidents in five separate villages is not "an incident". It's a plague.