“Every man who comes against the law must be punished.”
But what if it is by an accident? Do we need to castigate or be castigated?
Last night, I’ve seen news about a collision of a ten wheeler truck and a bus. And it happened as if it was destined to leave no one alive and it shocked the hell out of me. I saw many people died because of this. I saw their families crying their lungs out. As if it will bring their loved ones back to life. And I saw the old poor man who is suspected to cause the disaster was already behind bars. The BUS DRIVER. Who just wanted to earn and feed his family was already convicted and punished by our law. He is starting to pay the crime he never planned to happen, the crime even the law has not yet proven.
But WAIT A MINUTE “kapeng maiinit!”
What do mean by the word ACCIDENT?
For me, it is an event which is UNEXPECTED! UNPLANNED! No one knows it will happen! And no one desires it to happen! When I saw the driver in jail, the only thing I felt was mercy and sympathy for the misfortune that he his suffering.
Imagine this! People!! Let’s just say. YOU are the driver and definitely you are also inside the bus during that time and YOU know that if you are going to beat a ten wheeler truck BY INTENTION probably you will be the first one to die. NOT YOUR PASSENGERS!! NO ONE wants to die! And yet the bus driver was sentenced “wreck less imprudence resulting to multiple homicides” and a LIFETIME imprisonment! Oh c’mon!
Do you believe that it is really the driver’s fault? Investigation shows that the driver was not using any forbidden drugs, not drunk or even sleepy. No overloading too. Our Government punished the man because they believe that the accident was the driver’s responsibility and YES I agree that it is the driver’s responsibility to take care of his passenger. I believed that the driver exerted his 100% to save lives. But again it is an ACCIDENT.
To be punished that way was severely UNLAWFUL!! Be logical. Don’t be bias.
What I want from our government is to have considerations, and to make the punishments LIGHTER in this type of incident. Because for the nth time. No one wants this to happen!
I might be saying this out of pity. Yes, the driver is pathetic; he doesn’t have someone on his side. Or perhaps, I’m seeing the face of prejudice as the basis of justice.
