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Richard Fiero rfiero at pophost.com
Wed Aug 22 12:06:31 CDT 2001


wood jim wrote:

>  . . . the monk burning in the
>AP photo inspires him, not to protest the War, the war
>in Vietnam, but to light himself on fire. . . .

Ahem! Not only is wood jim somewhat off in this interpretation 
but the site wood jim supplied as a URL for 'Nam is very 
pro-war unbalanced and not to be trusted.
The monks were engaged in a struggle against oppression by the 
South Vietnamese government, not protesting a war.
Most especially, we burn draft cards or flags and not 
ourselves. Please, let's be more careful.




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