Taiwanese trucker runs over journalists

Sometimes I really wonder about how crazy politics has become. Funny thing, but I’ve always believed that politics has been two sides of the same coin. But things like this happen and you wonder what exactly goes through people’s minds. In any case, EastSouthWestNorth reports that the trucker claims that the journalists were impeding the way of his truck from getting to work so he “pushed through”. There were two crowds of people, one was supporting the demolition of a plaque commemorating Chiang Kai-Shek, while the other crowd was against the demolition.What’s really interesting is that the guy ran over not the people demonstrating, but the journalists covering the event. Six journalists were hit, but one taken to the hospital in critical condition after getting dragged under the truck. There are some truly tear-jerking screenshots on EastSouthWestNorth in the screencaps.

[sigh] Sometimes, I wonder if people get so into their politics or anything else, that they lose sight of the bigger picture. They lose sight of their own humanity.