The ultimate demonstration...


Have any of you out there seen anything about this story? The clip above was presented on Al-Jazeera about a man in the US who lit himself on fire in protest to the war in Iraq. They suggest that this story was never really broadcast in the States because the western media chose not to. It was forwarded to me by a friend in Japan who almost never sends these kinds of bulk emails and from that, I knew it was something that I should see.

So, I watched. And I wasn't surprised that we'd heard little about it. I also wasn't surprised that it was Al-Jazeera that picked the up on the story of Malachi Ritscher - a man who stood up for something he believed so passionately. It's too bad he had to die but it would be even more sad if this story never got out...