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Palach stated, that he is a part of a group of suicide candidates and that they draw lots who will be the first one. Nothing else is known about that group. (speculations about CIA - involvement). -- jvano 03:51, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
"...unfortunate popularity of Palach in the media" is a mean thing to say. For me and many other Czechs, who belong to a nation unfortunately often beset by inferiority complexes, Palach is a source of pride in one who cared enough about freedom and democracy to make the ultimate sacrifice, without being in any way a model as a suicide. (edit by User:132.185.144.122)
I am also Czech, but I am not proud of him at all. It is really an unfortunate phenomenon.-- jvano 14:37, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
I removed the "unfortunate".
Pavel Vozenilek
00:23, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
What an idiot. 81.178.234.43 23:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I would remove also the sentence "Reasons for such a wave of suicides are unclear.". The are very clear to anyone who has lived under a regime of tyranny. Anyone against this editing? -- Vernetto 14:05, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
That sentence refers to a wave of suicides in 2003. Either you missed that or you're calling the current government of the Czech Republic a regime of tyranny, which is a little POV. =) - TheMightyQuill 23:34, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
The bronze cross is fairly recent is it not? So the sentence saying it was put there after the Velvet Revolution (implying fairly soon after) is incorrect. Any comments? 89.240.14.166 21:49, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Why the deuce wasn't there any mention of Jan Palach Square in this, when there is even an entire section devoted to "Place Names"?! I find the fact there is still a street named after him to be one of the most fascinating aspects of this story - in so many other countries, stories involving suicide are still censored for "the public good." One who took his own life would certainly never be considered a national hero in most Western countries, amirite? Omgplz ( talk) 20:32, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Could someone more familiar with the incident, or able to read the local language, please indicate the reason given by these youths so long after the fall of the regime that oppressed Palach and all Czechs and Slovaks and so many others? The way the article reads now, it suggests that they felt their situation equal to Palach's. Were they oppressed minorities somehow, or was this some unrelated darkness in which Palach's name was implicated out of context? When I search for the name of the boy mentioned I come up with a sports figure. Abrazame ( talk) 23:04, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
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NOTE: I've begun to translate this from Czech (which I read-- slowly). Started with more detail in the lede sentence, not sure when I'll have time to unravel and integrate the rest. Also will expand a bit, as in the addition. For those who may care, Radio Prague is the source of the first claim; in Czech, there's a lot more available about Palach in the past year. I'll source (and list potential sources here) also as I have a chance.
Please, no flame/edit wars. KenThomas ( talk) 03:24, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
In the spring of 2003, a total of six young Czechs burned themselves to death - this definitely needs to be properly sourced. I live in the Czech republic and I've never heard of this. Yes, Adamec burned himself to death (he was apparently insane), but I have not heard of any other suicides in this manner. I'm sure it would have received much media coverage. Nazgul02 ( talk) 11:19, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Can we arrange this up please? It is so fast to die and so slow to learn walking before, maybe we should add something about the way he learnt walking when he was a child: before, on 4 legs, then on 2, you know the story don't you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.199.199.92 ( talk) 15:53, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
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Some sources say he was born in Prague, and some say he was born in Všetaty (Mělník District). Which is correct? Mksword ( talk) 22:02, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
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Palach stated, that he is a part of a group of suicide candidates and that they draw lots who will be the first one. Nothing else is known about that group. (speculations about CIA - involvement). -- jvano 03:51, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
"...unfortunate popularity of Palach in the media" is a mean thing to say. For me and many other Czechs, who belong to a nation unfortunately often beset by inferiority complexes, Palach is a source of pride in one who cared enough about freedom and democracy to make the ultimate sacrifice, without being in any way a model as a suicide. (edit by User:132.185.144.122)
I am also Czech, but I am not proud of him at all. It is really an unfortunate phenomenon.-- jvano 14:37, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
I removed the "unfortunate".
Pavel Vozenilek
00:23, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
What an idiot. 81.178.234.43 23:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I would remove also the sentence "Reasons for such a wave of suicides are unclear.". The are very clear to anyone who has lived under a regime of tyranny. Anyone against this editing? -- Vernetto 14:05, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
That sentence refers to a wave of suicides in 2003. Either you missed that or you're calling the current government of the Czech Republic a regime of tyranny, which is a little POV. =) - TheMightyQuill 23:34, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
The bronze cross is fairly recent is it not? So the sentence saying it was put there after the Velvet Revolution (implying fairly soon after) is incorrect. Any comments? 89.240.14.166 21:49, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Why the deuce wasn't there any mention of Jan Palach Square in this, when there is even an entire section devoted to "Place Names"?! I find the fact there is still a street named after him to be one of the most fascinating aspects of this story - in so many other countries, stories involving suicide are still censored for "the public good." One who took his own life would certainly never be considered a national hero in most Western countries, amirite? Omgplz ( talk) 20:32, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Could someone more familiar with the incident, or able to read the local language, please indicate the reason given by these youths so long after the fall of the regime that oppressed Palach and all Czechs and Slovaks and so many others? The way the article reads now, it suggests that they felt their situation equal to Palach's. Were they oppressed minorities somehow, or was this some unrelated darkness in which Palach's name was implicated out of context? When I search for the name of the boy mentioned I come up with a sports figure. Abrazame ( talk) 23:04, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
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NOTE: I've begun to translate this from Czech (which I read-- slowly). Started with more detail in the lede sentence, not sure when I'll have time to unravel and integrate the rest. Also will expand a bit, as in the addition. For those who may care, Radio Prague is the source of the first claim; in Czech, there's a lot more available about Palach in the past year. I'll source (and list potential sources here) also as I have a chance.
Please, no flame/edit wars. KenThomas ( talk) 03:24, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
In the spring of 2003, a total of six young Czechs burned themselves to death - this definitely needs to be properly sourced. I live in the Czech republic and I've never heard of this. Yes, Adamec burned himself to death (he was apparently insane), but I have not heard of any other suicides in this manner. I'm sure it would have received much media coverage. Nazgul02 ( talk) 11:19, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Can we arrange this up please? It is so fast to die and so slow to learn walking before, maybe we should add something about the way he learnt walking when he was a child: before, on 4 legs, then on 2, you know the story don't you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.199.199.92 ( talk) 15:53, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
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Some sources say he was born in Prague, and some say he was born in Všetaty (Mělník District). Which is correct? Mksword ( talk) 22:02, 30 January 2022 (UTC)