I think judging by the sentiments here, we can find a handful of
potential MP Flame throwers here. But I guess what is preventing
all of you from committing the same act that the man has apparently
committed is that we know fear, fear and reverence to the rule of
law. Furthermore, we have the ability decipher between right and
wrong. That although many of you have an axe to grind with the
ruling elite, you have the mental capacity to know that your
displeasure doesn't give you the right to set a man of fire to
assuage your disdain.
However, the said man, whom we see bound in cuffs do not possess
those abilities that all of you share. He prob has little control
of his temperament, which has resulted in him committing the very
act, motivated by grieveances he holds. As such, I find the whole
narrative of justifying his actions because he possesses a certain
grieviance as a poor argument.
However, I also take issue with how the man is being handled. It
is like the chinese saying 'To kill the chicken for the monkeys to
watch'. Yes, we governed ourselves by the rule of law, but the rule
of law although unyielding and all encompassing does not prevent
the exercise of compassion. Given his mental state, he should be
treated with dignity and compassion, and not dragged around like
some first rate criminal which he isn't!
The fact of the matter is that he has greviously attacked
someone.
Whether he should be treated with dignity and compassion is up
for the judge to decide. For the police that is escorting him, it
was a reasonable precaution to make sure he could not hurt
another person. If his condition relapsed and attacked a police
officer or worse, hurt himself who would bear the
responsibility?
Any police officer in any country would do the same
thing, stop dragging politics into the issue.
