A Bus Named Death

As I've said before, I sympathize with labor and the downtrodden, but, sometimes, people with legitimate grievances go too far in their demands or the way in which they air their grievances. Take the Paraguayan bus drivers who, in the midst of a labor dispute with their employers, have chosen to "crucify" themselves, as well as go on a hunger strike. This is clearly extreme, and tends to portray them as people who are fanatical or even somewhat mentally sick and emotionally unstable, thus putting their claims in doubt. It reminds me of those Buddhist monks who set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule in Tibet, for example.

I hope that no bus driver dies from this form of protest. It would be a waste of a life that could have carried on in a more rational way for itself and its loved ones.