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Pointless death by a brainwashed youth. Mental health crisis among teens is already at a breaking point and now they're getting 24/7 emotionally charged war footage and calls to action. You can protest without giving your life and it will be just as effective. Stunts like this sway no one.
And realistically, what the fuck is the Canadian government going to do? Go to war with Israel and by extension the US?
I distinctly remember the liberals in Canada promised electoral reform recently and then didn't implement it.
So I guess step 1 is keeping the promises you make to the people who voted for you.
That would be great, but what does it have to do with Israel/Palestine?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c
Calling them brainwashed is disrespectul and ignorant of similar acts that, while they haven't been enough to change policy, have invigorated social movements that sometimes resulted in the goals they were aiming for. The fact that you use "brainwashed" specifically almost makes me think that you can't even understand how people could see the murders of tens of thousands of children as something worth taking radical action for.
I use brainwashed because they are a child not fully capable of understanding the gravity of their actions. I call it pointless because he's in Canada and like the 3rd or 4th guy to do this and the headline won't even last a week at this point.
Your example is a grown man fully capable of understanding his actions. He was part of the group and he was the first to self immolate in his movement.