Today while I was reading the Star I came across an article. You can read the online article here http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2009/11/22/lifefocus/5133709&sec=lifefocus. Long story short the writer hopes that we put ourselves in the thief’s shoes.
I can tell you I don’t have to put myself in his shoes because I am in his shoes right now. And I know this guy, lets call him AkuPening, who is in BOTH his mother fucking shoes. We’re out of a job right now and like everybody else we have bills to pay. I’m not married and I don’t have kids. AkuPening has 2 kids and an entire family to feed. On top of that we’re getting fucked by the system. How we’re getting fucked by the system, well that’s another story for another day. That story would be appropriate if AkuPening told it.
Even though we’re using his fucking shoes right now, it doesn’t mean we will walk his walk, again. The key word here is AGAIN. Oh yes, we are a fucked up bunch. If we’re up to no good, we will fuck you up. How fucked up are we? That is a story that we will probably never tell.
So I say this, no matter how fucked up a person is or how desperate a person is crime is not the answer. Minor or not, crime is crime. Two rights out of three does not make a criminal innocent. Everybody has problems, what makes a persons problem bigger than the other persons? I don’t have a high salary job because I didn’t study hard enough in school. I don’t have a job right now cause I’m a lazy fuck. Who can I blame if not myself? Sure I could go out on a reign of terror. In a day we can a thousand or even two thousand preying on women and old people. Work only three days a month and it pays better than a real job.
We don’t give a fuck, we’re ruthless. We’ll even fuck kids up. Check out this conversation I had with Clitoris Clinton, he was 15 when he got mugged. I’m a firm believer that if I’m to be bad, I will be bad to the bone. No point being half bad. Have you ever met a robber that will only take 100 bucks from you and return you the balance? And maybe say something like “I just need 100 bucks so my kid can see the doctor cause he’s sick. I’m really sorry ok, here is your watch, hand phone and balance of the money”. You won’t see a thief robbing the drugs from a drug bust from the evidence room with guns a blazing. He know he gonna get fucked.
I’m just saying this from my stand point of view. If I were bad, I would be really bad. You can almost expect the same from almost every robber or snatch theif. There various organizations and bodies and shit to help people in need of help. Criminal activities is not one of them. In times of trouble maybe that snatch theft should have turned to religion instead. I’m sure if he was part of a religious group there will be people willing to help him. Whether he is a Muslim, Christian or Buddhist or whatever.
An interesting question would be, what would happen if the lady (that killed the snatch theft) lost control of her car, crashed into a wall and killed herself instead? I’m willing to bet the RM2.50 I have right now that he would escape scot free. Snatch theft is the ideal occupation for “I need money to feed my family cause I lost my job” because its easy money and its easy to escape. How many cases were reported and how many were solved? How do you catch a guy that’s wearing a full face helmet with fake license plates? We don’t live in Gotham City, Batman is not on the building above us ready to swoop down and kick his ass.
It was unfortunate that he was killed. It will be even more unfortunate if she is charged with homicide. You read a lot of news nowadays about the police shooting robbers dead and shit. People say our cops are trigger happy. But ask any criminal, once they go down that path they are ready to get fucked one way or another. If they wanted a safe job, they would have got themselves a desk job.
If I get fucked doing something bad, serves me right. Whoever that gets fucked doing something bad, serves them right. Criminals just have to suck it up and take it like a man, just like all the silent victims out there. Too bad if the people feel that the death of the snatch theft was but a small victory in the game of Snatch Theft versus Defenceless Citizens. Snatch Theft is an act of cowardice, a scourge that plagues our streets.
