.: nothing is sacred :.

So as of yesterday, I have officially had my car broken into, not just once, but twice! And this time, the lousy bum got about 7 bucks in change. Welcome to Downtown Vancouver! And then to make it worse, just as my Christian Counseling class was about to begin, I overheard some guy talking about how car theft was a lost cause for the Vancouver police. You do not know just how frustrated and exposed that makes me feel. Frustrated because it was a radical invasion of privacy... and exposed because I cannot do a single thing to keep people from doing this to me in the future. Yes, I can park under a brighter light... and sure, I can lock my doors and leave nothing exposed. But beyond that, this is simply the kind of world that we live in. People care nothing for anyone, and that certainly includes their property, except for themselves. And if they have to steal from me to get what they want, they won't think twice.



So do I double bolt my car doors (do they even have that sort of thing?) or give the best car alarm that my meager student budget can buy (at least that will scare them off initially)? Or do I simply throw up my hands and declare the victory for the sake that I cannot do anything about it? I feel like my safety has been voided on a deeper level because the issue is not just about the car as much as it is keeping people from violating or robbing me of anything. Can I trust people not to do that to me in the future? The nature of this world... the nature of this society... says no!