Vietnam War Issues............

[urbantechie]

I'm sure all of you have seen the picture of the monk commiting suicide by lighting himself on fire.

Well, my dad use to work in the Intel Deparment for the South and said that the VC drugged him and made him do that. You think it's true?

 

[thereds]

sure.

 

[StageLeft]

Could be...

 

[IamDavid]

NOT.

 

[AndrewR]

I'll ask my father-in-law who works in the intelligence community now. He was working back then, too.

 

[MajesticMoose]

No the VC ould not have made him do it - the monk was protesting agaisnt the VC and the actions of the north. also that was not an icsolated incident. Your dad wouldn't be able to tell you stuff like that and
andrew's shouldn't if he asks even if it were true
moose

 

[nateholtrop]

I believe it. My friend's dad was in the navy and he still cant tell his own son what he did in nam.


Nate

 

[Valhalla1]

man, that monk had to be on something, I dont see how meditation alone could allow for you to suffer that kinda pain without even flinching. he had to have been high as a fuc#ing kite