Last Wednesday morning Marta woke up and found the kitchen window open. Suddenly, she head to wake up Joan who was still very much asleep, and then we realised, our laptops were gone. Indeed, in the middle of the night , whilst sleeping in London , some bastard managed to get into our kitchen and took the two laptops we had for work . Joan had one month files in there , Marta had less important stuff. There were no emotional reactions, at the end of the day there were no more than objects, valuable but objects.
The frightening thing is that some can get in and violate you intimacy just like that. London will never be a safe city anymore for us. It true that living in a garden flat makes things easier for burglars, but honestly they had to just quite impressively (Joan cooked supper the night before and Marta who is quite sensitive to smells opened left the small window open, the bastard managed to stretch his hand inside through the small window through the large one and got in just like that).
We try to understand what has happened and why . Our response is that we were not cautious enough. But even if we were, should be all beware in a civilised world of our things else other people steal them? (Yes, the civil project is still at its infancy) Are human being that bad? (Hobbes was partially right) Does really private property exist? )yes but not always respected) Does police services prevent crime really? (clearly not enough) Are there people that desperate or simply lazy bastards watching you all the time? (It seems that’s the case)The day after Joan had a seminar on mental health and we watched the movie “ Truman Capote” last night too. It reminds you of the need of correcting inequalities, of enhancing social inclusion, on dealing with mental conditions all not for altruistic reasons but to allow civilisation to work.
