Hunger Is Not A Crime-- Steamboat Springs
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To: the Citizens, and the Officials of Steamboat Springs, Colorado
When Giles Charle and David Siller were searching Steamboat Springs for food and all the shops were closed, they saw only one option to cure their hunger: they found discarded fruit and vegetables in a dumpster. For this victimless crime the two young men have been sentenced to six months in jail.
Some of us believe their judgment erred. Others of us commend them for valuing all the precious bounty of this world. All of us believe their penalty is harsh, and its implementation represents the only serious crime in this sad affair.
In Victor Hugo's novel Les Misйrables, the main character is sent to prison for stealing food. The tragic novel is a lasting commentary upon society. As certainly as this classic story remarks upon its time, a similar episode in Steamboat Springs holds hostage the reputation of an idyllic mountain community.
We do not wish to tell the people of Steamboat Springs how to run their own affairs. But we implore our fellow citizens to consider how this harsh sentence appears to the world. Surely a beautiful mountain community, dependent as it is upon esteem and reputation, would be far better served by friendship and kindness than by selfishness and truculence.
Hunger is not a crime. Please let the prisoners go free.
When Giles Charle and David Siller were searching Steamboat Springs for food and all the shops were closed, they saw only one option to cure their hunger: they found discarded fruit and vegetables in a dumpster. For this victimless crime the two young men have been sentenced to six months in jail.
Some of us believe their judgment erred. Others of us commend them for valuing all the precious bounty of this world. All of us believe their penalty is harsh, and its implementation represents the only serious crime in this sad affair.
In Victor Hugo's novel Les Misйrables, the main character is sent to prison for stealing food. The tragic novel is a lasting commentary upon society. As certainly as this classic story remarks upon its time, a similar episode in Steamboat Springs holds hostage the reputation of an idyllic mountain community.
We do not wish to tell the people of Steamboat Springs how to run their own affairs. But we implore our fellow citizens to consider how this harsh sentence appears to the world. Surely a beautiful mountain community, dependent as it is upon esteem and reputation, would be far better served by friendship and kindness than by selfishness and truculence.
Hunger is not a crime. Please let the prisoners go free.
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I will not come to Steamboat Springs for skiing or any other reason until this sentence is dropped.
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