No. Right movie, wrong attribution.
It was Alfred (Michael Cain) explaining to Bruce Wayne what he saw in the character of the Joker.
He was telling him a story from WWII, where in Burma, they were sent to find a bandit who was raiding convoys of gems and precious stones that was intended to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders to fight against the Japanese.
He says: "But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So, we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never met anybody who traded with him. One day, I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away."
Bruce asks: "So why steal them?"
Alfred says: "Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn".
Some men, just want to watch the country burn.
Punishment for perceived sins of Capitalism and 'Colonialism'.
We have no idea what has been done to us. But by the time most awaken - it will be too late.
Oh yeah! To be honest I didn’t absorb a lot of the movie as we saw it at the drive-in and it rained. I remember all the hype about Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker.