Mr. Minimus, you now have my heart, my soul and my admiration. It wasn't 4 years ago...let's just say Jimmy Carter was President.
Did You Ever Steal?
by minimus 21 Replies latest jw friends
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freeman
Yes minimus, I used to steal on a regular basis. I have stolen large sums of money, millions of dollars in fact and highly sensitive, classified government documents too, ostensibly for sale to the highest bidder. Surprisingly I never have been caught and of course never went to jail because of these numerous thefts.
I?m just playing with you a bit minimus, I?m not a crook (said in my best Richard Nixon voice). However, some years ago, I was a professional security specialist. As part of my job, I was actually authorized to try to defeat security of high value and sensitive government systems.
This was done to expose the security flaws before the real bad guys found them. Very s imilar to they way they are testing the security at airports these days; seeing if authorized security testers can get past security with dangerous items.
Note the key operative word ?authorized?. Had I done any of this without authorization I know that I could be in jail for a very long time.
Should I ever think about using this talent to really steal, I have no doubt I would be one of the first people they would investigate. I have shared a friendly cup of coffee with FBI and Secret Service agents and I also been on the business end of these people too, and frankly they are quite scary. However, that is not what keeps me honest.
I think the value in stealing (at least for me) was never in the rewards of the theft (i.e. the money), but in the thrill of beating the system. I think that is what drives many people to steal; I think a good number of them are in fact ?thrill junkies? just like me. What do you think?
Freeman