Can You Hear Me Now?

I have had many conversations with many burglars. One such was with a guy who told me that, when compared to the few times he did get caught, crime really does pay. He estimated that, over his career of approximately 12 years, he had stolen in value the equivalent of a number approaching seven figures (and no, Fab, Marilyn Monroe was not one of them). I have always been amazed at the human being's nearly infinite capacity to deceive himself; rationalization strikes deep in the heartland.

There are people who truly do not care how messed up your life becomes after they victimize you. The payoff is twofold: they get your stereo; you get to feel violated for the rest of your life. There are, however, a few burglars who do care. Driven only by a compulsion for a single object, they yield only to that urge that will satisfy their need to burgle while leaving the "victim" with a sense that what had been taken was simply misplaced. This truly is a victimless crime. No one gets hurt. And the burglar gets...........a bluetooth.

Compulsion wages its own war on a person. The person fights back as best he can. But to no avail. War, after all, is heck. We all fight our battles. But we also choose them carefully because in the end, not all wars are won by winning every battle.


That said, I can only add the following: INTER ARMA SILENT LEGIT (In time of war laws are silent...)