THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Does that raise any eyebrow?!.........

After the controversy that went viral on the aptness and credibility of the movie ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ I swiftly pulled the literal preview of the movie and read it word to word- thanks to Google. One of the reason for reading the material was to be at par with the debate and secondly to quench the usual curiosity and zeal that comes with every new and especially controversial stuff.  As my eye balls rolled through the whole properly articulated and comprehensive literature to the last full stop, I had garnered adequate persuasion to support the ban of the movie. On the question of if I watched it or not, I choose not to answer so us to remain relevant for the two diverse boards (those that watched and the have-nots’).

A month down the line I meet with these five barely ten years old kids and to remain relevant I choose to engage them on their usual delicacy- the movies. Few seconds into the chart am working it hard to deviate from the topic after three of the kids claim to have watched the same movie at least two times. While am busy trying to find a seemingly better thing to engage them and hoping against hopes they were referring to a different wolf other than the one I had read of, one kid was midway describing the main actor Jordan Belfort of Stratton Oakmont to the others and guess what?! The description matched the synopsis of the very controversial movie. “STOP!!!” Was the last thing I remember shouting to them like a maniac as I tactfully changed the topic of discussion.

I loved the kid’s naivety but was utterly worried about their level of exposure to morally and socially degrading materials, for once I cherished those days when there was neither the movies nor the support technology. Albeit, one question could not exit my mind, WHO WILL SAVE THESE KIDS FROM SUCH DISORIENTATION?!

I appreciate the fact that the government is pretty much trying to create a guardrail on what is disseminated to the public, but how many times do they follow up to ensure that their orders magnificently take effect, or are we still in the business of elevating the PR of our political camps with void words that never see the light of implementation? We may tagged our friend and good neighbor Museveni an extremist over the infamous pornography bill and the whole pricking issue of the miniskirts but, apart from his otherwise odd approach, he seems to have clearly visualized a problem which is still a mirage to most of us.  Imagine with the ever graduating technological prowess and steady assimilation of negative social vices like prostitution and jerky sexual orientation into the society, then think of the Wolf of wall street or any kind of wolf that is likely to emanate from one of these movie industries in the near future?! While, before such happens we need to be sufficiently armed with statutory provisions that will shield our next of kin from such moral degradation for every sunrise in technology is setting a new higher hurdle for such social issues.   

To the parents, guardians, and the potential parents   there is a need not to chicken out of our otherwise consciously and deliberately earned responsibility, be vigilant and hold the bull by its horns. They say, and am a staunch believer of the saying “a kid’s character is in most cases, is a carbon copy of their parent’s character”, yah they will always mimic the very person that is in their immediate exposition. John Ruskin is also still right to date in his saying, "To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education”. Then lets educate them, it’s may be the most aristocratic thing you will ever have done on them.