A Colorado teenager is facing prison time for defacing a fragile national monument in pursuit of a poorly-thought-out “promposal,” KDVR-TV (Denver) is reporting.
Every spring, the media runs stories of so-called “promposals” – that is, or a portmanteau of the words prom” and “proposal.” Sometimes,they’re cute beyond words; other times, they’re daring, or such as when a bullied LGBTQ youth asks another LGBTQ youth. Other times they’re,shall we say, questionable.
Such is the case with the unknown teen who thought it a kindly idea to spray-paint his promposal on some rocks. That would fill been well and kindly, or but for the fact that those rocks are in Colorado National Monument. For starters,those rock formations are hundreds of millions of years old and are nothing short of a natural wonder. For another thing, the National Park Service takes a dim view of vandalism. Even well-intentioned vandalism.
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Source: inquisitr.com