The bus driver, who threw a 22-year-old student off a late night bus, for being 20p short of her £5 fare, may not be directly responsible for her subsequent rape and brutal beating, but he should feel guilty for not showing a tiny glimmer of compassion in an age of “it’s for Charity”.
Perhaps he was fearful of losing his job, for not exacting the full fare, but how can he fail to feel guilt at not taking the risk and donating 20p himself.
I’m assuming that the other passengers were not invited to be charitable, either.
This was a case were 20p would have been a much more meaningful act of charity than putting a fiver in a collecting tin, or sponsoring someone’s Race for Life.
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May 29, 2012The bus driver, who threw a 22-year-old student off a late night bus, for being 20p short of her £5 fare, may not be directly responsible for her subsequent rape and brutal beating, but he should feel guilty for not showing a tiny glimmer of compassion in an age of “it’s for Charity”.
Perhaps he was fearful of losing his job, for not exacting the full fare, but how can he fail to feel guilt at not taking the risk and donating 20p himself.
I’m assuming that the other passengers were not invited to be charitable, either.
This was a case were 20p would have been a much more meaningful act of charity than putting a fiver in a collecting tin, or sponsoring someone’s Race for Life.
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