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Finally, would-be Empire State Building stunt jumper Jeb Corliss is at the end of his nearly three-year-long legal nightmare. In 2006 he attempted to jump from the building with a parachute, but his plan was foiled by security at the last minute. Since then he's been in and out of court, and more recently he was convicted, meaning he could face years behind bars. Well, yesterday was judgement day, and following Alain Robert's slap on the wrist, Corliss was "sentenced to three years of probation and 100 hours of community service," which he is allowed to serve out in his hometown of Malibu, California. No doubt a relief for the stuntman; when he was first facing a judge in 2006 he had said, "I live in a country whose motto is 'Land of the free.' I don't feel very free here." This time around Corliss called the judge: "a wonderful man."
Jeb Corliss Sentenced to Serve Community...in Malibu
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he brings up an interesting point, we have so many less freedoms than many other countries yet we act like we're the freeest. Even Canada is more free!
("So then why don't you move to Canada idiot!")
Because that isn't the point.
Freedom should be extended to a person up until the point that it infringes on someone else's freedom. Jumping off of a building in one of the densest parts of Manhattan infringes on others' freedoms in that if his parachute did not open he could have hurt innocent bystanders.
And it's not like the laws say he cannot skydive period, he just can't use the Empire State Building as his personal playground.
In terms of Canada's being more "free" than America: look at their hate speech legislation and contrast that with our First Amendment protections. So maybe you can jump off a building in Canada without regard for others, but you are more limited in what you can say out loud. Which freedom would you rather have (I'll take the speech, thank you).
Will he be doing his "community service" at Promises or Passages?