Perhaps Greece isn't really foreign?

It's your theory, what does "foreign" mean in your theory? Right now you seem to me to be fudging the evidence so that they fit into your theory, instead of letting the evidence verify or reject the theory.

A criticism of say American principles is a also a criticism of Greek family court practices.

So is your theory now that it's not about whether something is near or far, local or foreign, but rather about the specific principles attacked or supported by said self-immolation?

Tunisians would have not revolted had all the media they where following told them there is nothing to get worked up over.

And yet you imply that Tunisians are mainly following Western media? Your argument might make sense if it specified Al Jazeera instead, which the Arab world indeed follows and which is indeed foreign media to Tunisia (it's Qatar-based) -- but if you consider Greece non-foreign to America, even though Greece and America have different religions, different languages, even different alphabets... you probably don't consider Qatar foreign to Tunisia (both Sunni Muslim-majority nations that speak Arabic).