I love watching movies, a lot,
especially the ones that make my heart race, anything from horrors, thrillers,
action, investigative. I was watching this movie called “body of lies” and it
begins with a scene of armed military men surrounding a building, getting ready
to ambush their target. So these armed military men enter into a certain house
and the inmates are so calm, there is a boy cooking while watching the
television, another is on the table pretending to be fixing some electronic
machine and others are just reading news papers and minding their own business.
All of a sudden a bomb goes off unexpected and everybody in the building is no
more.
What I can tell you is that the
people in that room were prepared to die, it was a case of suicide bombing. But
everybody else in that building did not expect to die. These movies make
everything seem so easy, and this motivates the viewers to copy what they see
in movies. By the time the script for a movie is written, it has been inspired
by a true story, so everything we watch to some percentage is true. And this is
where thieves borrow ideas on how to attack their prey.
Theft is also considered as a
profession because people get paid even though it is not legally acknowledged
by the state. Just as easy as it is seems in the movies to steal, these thieves
in reality have an illusion that it is as easy as it seems. So amidst all the
other motivations like hunger, anger, frustration, envy and suffering, movies
are the biggest motivation for thieves. Some thieves take an extra mile in
stealing especially if they are educated. They play with the psychology of
their potential targets just to get exactly they want. As easy as that.
A thief may be good looking, elegant,
well educated, from a well established family but no matter he or she looks
like, he or she is still a thief. Some people are just habitual thieves so
there is nothing much anyone can do about it. There was a very beautiful girl
at school, so pretty but the worst thing is that she was a thief, I do not know
if she still is and it just shocks me to think of her as a thief. I did not want
to believe it until she stole from me, that is when it hit me, that is when I
believed.
Everybody is a potential thief,
the amazing thing is that the thieves in my school were these girls who used to
claim that they were from well to do families. They used to try to paint this picture
of a posh lifestyle yet in reality they had normal families. They used to spend
money like there is no tomorrow and the next thing you know they are in that
state that us Ugandans call “kawu” (broke). So they start borrowing money and the next
thing you know they have to steal just to pay back the money that they
borrowed. It just does not make sense but the inspiration from movies makes
sense.
Christmas is tomorrow and
everyone wants to enjoy and take something home to their families, even the
thieves. So as you shop, party and do whatever it is that you are going to do,
ensure that you and your property are safe. The same way you bought everything that
you have, someone out there is waiting to acquire whatever they can from you.
Take care and Merry Christmas.
