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News that the National Park Service responded by evacuating the entire island still caused a lot of reaction by doubling up the manifestation of a "coup" that hurt tourists, as if the country is maintaining a monument designed to facilitate tourism.
In fact, it is maintained as a reminder.
Some Americans of the past have violated many more serious laws on the day commemorated with the same purpose of attracting the attention of humanity on universal rights – Americans like John Hanbad, Josiah Bartlett, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Franklin Benjamin, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Harrison. (And they were not even gathered in a place officially named Liberty Island.)
Most Americans are willing to extol the words that these men have signed and admire the grave risks that they have taken even if some of them were slave owners. 19659002] Whereas Okoumou is at most guilty of three offenses. (On Thursday, she pleaded not guilty to charges of intrusion, disorderly conduct and interference with the functions of the government and agencies.)
Surely we can forgive her that?
If she inspires imitators, perhaps applying the laws that she is alleged to have broken will become necessary next time. The copper statue "is only eighteen inches thick," reports the New York Times "and officials feared that it could damage the statue." (If she had damaged it, I would be all
But this time, the prosecutors should drop the charges against her
.The same is true for the charges against the seven people arrested under the Statue of Liberty earlier that same day for the simple "And the National Parks Service should adjust the attitude reflected in what spokesman Jerry Willis told the media, producing pbadages like this: [19659009] The Statue Mr. Willis stated that Ms. Okoumou's actions, which he described as a waterfall, have ruined the plans of many others who have attempted to visit the island. [19659011] "C & Is their only chance to come here, "he said." Unfortunately, we had to clean the island. "
Nonsense.
Apart from the main purpose of the 39th – The Congress authorized the reception of a statue called "Liberty Enlightening the World" and it was the land chosen as His home – the National Park Service was not forced to close Liberty Island, ridding thousands of visitors, because a woman climbed up to the house. folds the Lady Liberty dress and sits there. He chose to overreact. (And not for the first time.) That so many media indiscriminately accept the fact that the federal government was "forced" to do so, "driven by security concerns," demonstrates a relationship between freedom, bureaucracy and Risk Management "This is not suitable for a free people, all the more so as it manifested itself on (19459004) the place officially named Liberty Island . [19659002] Characterizing her expressive protest, Okoumou borrowed Michelle Obama's out-of-date phrase from reporters on Thursday, and when they come down we climb up, "I went as high as I could." Good or bad, she embodied the values of Where she was riding, momentarily attracting the attention of the nation like a high burning torch.The naturalized citizen who immigrated here from the Congo, she seems to be an exemplary model for "the land of the free and the homeland of the brave ". [19659013ConorFriedersdorfisawriterat The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs. He lives in Venice, California, and is the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, an informational newsletter devoted to exceptional non-fiction.
