disturbing news

i think i just need to get this off my chest, because i was pretty disturbed after watching that man light himself on fire yesterday on the news. then, they played it on every channel over and over and over and over from thirty-thousand different angles. it bothers me because obviously this man cared enough about something to die for it, but that's not what they want to talk about. all they can talk about is the gasoline and the witnesses who were smiling and hooting about it. the farmers were angry because they got attention taken away from their protest (which by the way was also a bit confusing...what is this about exactly? what the hell does gay marriage have anything to do with introducing green belt legislation?).

it didn't really look like anyone was actually trying to talk to this man. he even threw letters out the window and has nobody bothered to read them? i am not saying that what this man did was commendable, but i find it strange that when someone tries to kill themselves, the first thing we do is get angry and then we defend the police officers.

i'm not usually this serious on my blog but the news last night was appalling. after a man tried to kill his daughter before committing suicide on sunday and then two other public attempts in two days, you can imagine what kind of media feed trough that is. and it looks like i'm buying into it.