"O.J. Simpson was sentenced to up to 33 years in prison for his role in a sports memorabilia robbery. Afterwards, O.J. said, "Let that be a lesson to all you kids out there: Stick to double murder.'" --Conan O'Brien. Kanye West was arrested for assaulting a paparazzi.
Federal authorities "accused [Blagojevich] of attempting to benefit financially from his position to appoint Barack Obama's Senate replacement."
In recent weeks, numerous infamous arrests took place by leaders of our community and role models to children. Too many people admired by thousands have thought that they are above the law. Authority figures and people looked up to should have a higher standard for the way they live their life, not the idea that they can do whatever they want. In Self-Reliance, Emerson says that "envy is ignorance... imitation is suicide... take himself for better, for worse, as his portion..." (20). The truth is that people should not follow others, but children looking up to their favorite singer or sports player getting arrestted think what they are doing is normal and ok. Our own govenor, Rod Blagojevich, attempted to sell a position for senator. The evidence against him shows him being arragent and obvious about his crime, not even trying to disguise calls or meetings. Imitation is bad, but everyone, especially children, do it, and when they decide who to copy, it can easily be someone famous for going to jail for thinking they are above the law. Imitation should not happen, but bcause it does, we need to make better role models for our next generation.
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