Mike the marine watched the burning monk with a mixture of fascination and horror finding it quite impossible to avert his eyes from the gruesome scene.
"My god, isn't there enough death in this country already?" he asked his friend. "I wonder if he's high or perhaps it's meditation which has caused him to discover such a radical way out of this cruel world."
The monks were persecuted by the catholic rulers, a much easier target than the North Vietnamese. Someone took a picture, it would make the photographer's name. It seems there's always a silver lining!
"My god, isn't there enough death in this country already?" he asked his friend. "I wonder if he's high or perhaps it's meditation which has caused him to discover such a radical way out of this cruel world."
The monks were persecuted by the catholic rulers, a much easier target than the North Vietnamese. Someone took a picture, it would make the photographer's name. It seems there's always a silver lining!
