I've never been clear on how igniting oneself protests anything. It's at least maiming and at most suicidal, but doesn't relate to a cause that I can fathom. What good does a dead person serve if they could achieve more by being alive? And if they couldn't do more alive than dead, what makes them think that the white house cares what they do? (There is the argument also, that the white house is happy to see them burn.)

I am sorry for the individual who is misguided enough to sacrifice self for no effect, and I am sorry for their reasons, all of which will be forgotten in the big picture. Living protest works better.

Peace, Mooh.