Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhen in Rome?slrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1434arrow-down14
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minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoOn what authority can they do this? Has it always been a crime to touch the reflecting pool?
minus-squarerainwall@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·edit-23 days agoIts a national monument, which have rules about “removing materials” in the law protecting them. Its a pretty thin offense, and this is a wild over reaction, which is always a facists favorite move when they are wrong in a very visible way.
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days agoThat is at least a law, waste of resources calling the national guard in, but that could be worse. So to clarify the meme is referring to people removing the floating bits of liner and not simply touching the water
On what authority can they do this? Has it always been a crime to touch the reflecting pool?
Its a national monument, which have rules about “removing materials” in the law protecting them.
Its a pretty thin offense, and this is a wild over reaction, which is always a facists favorite move when they are wrong in a very visible way.
That is at least a law, waste of resources calling the national guard in, but that could be worse.
So to clarify the meme is referring to people removing the floating bits of liner and not simply touching the water