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Teen self-immolates in front of Winnipeg Mosque to protest the genocide against Palestinians and Muslims in Gaza and the rest of Palestine (x.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know how you see it as anything other than sadly acknowledging a thrown away life. Do you think there is a magic number of self-immolations that will change US or Israeli policy? If one wasn't enough a thousand won't be.

[-] ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I dont think there is a magic number, I think the hope behind these actions are to inspire to enact more change and to show all human life has value, I think disregarding this as nothing demonstrates a lack of empathy or working class spirit.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

No one is regarding it as nothing. We're regarding it as a very high cost form of protest which doesn't seem to be more effective than non-suicidal methods.