Self immolation in Washington DC

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

Someone did that in DC back during the Vietnam War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Morrison

I didn't know that this had happened in the US during Vietnam, I knew of Thuch Quang Duc, which is up there in the famous Vietnam photos section but didn't know a chap from the US had done the same thing.

Does make me wonder what this chaps motivation was.