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The Burning monk + Colored photo - Vanilla - 01-12-2011
I recently found this photo, and was kinda fascinated by it.
Some of you might have seen the black/white version of the award winning photography of a Vietnamese monk (Lâm Văn Tức) by Malcolm Browne.
It was from back in the days when the Vietnam war was raging. The then seated and U.S. supported Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem (which himself was Catholic) had been making some reforms which allowed for prosecution of Buddhist Monks. - This of course made a lot of Buddhists rise and protest against the regime, eventually culminating with the symbolic self-immolation of Lâm Văn Tức, who while burning never moved a muscle or uttered a sound. - The picture then arrived at Kennedy's desk, which at some point was heard making the following remark: "Jesus Christ … This sort of thing has got to stop", which marked the beginning of the end, of the of American support for the Ngo Dinh Diem regime.
The colored version of the original was colored by the reddit user mygrapefruit and took around 4 hours.
![[Image: lc7z8.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/lc7z8.jpg)
Just thought I wanted to share it.
RE: The Burning monk + Colored photo - zacmart - 01-21-2011
ho is incredibly awful
RE: The Burning monk + Colored photo - 2348z - 01-24-2011
That's a man right there!
RE: The Burning monk + Colored photo - teothoyang - 01-24-2011
That's some crazy stuff happening =(. Glad its all over now :)
RE: The Burning monk + Colored photo - gfpoow - 02-03-2011
the monk still alive?
healthy?
a very brave protest
these monk might have body immune jutsu :d
RE: The Burning monk + Colored photo - Vanilla - 02-03-2011
Nope, he died.
RE: The Burning monk + Colored photo - yayit - 02-03-2011
is this for real? who can take such pain and dont even move a muscle or create any sound.
RE: The Burning monk + Colored photo - JonattanD - 04-20-2011
ouch that got to hurt :C
RE: The Burning monk + Colored photo - zyzyyshy - 05-01-2011
Nope, he died.
RE: The Burning monk + Colored photo - linphy - 05-19-2011
Maybe when a man has a strong belif, he can endure the torment with strong will.