Poor, poor Paris Hilton

[Alex]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I think she ought to have to do the whole 90 days now. I do not feel one teensy bit sorry for her.

I don't either, and I don't really much care, but it manages to intrude on my day. A friend on LJ was commenting how little fuss this things seemed to be creating and I wonder how isolated one would have to be to feel there has been an under reaction.

If she was treated worse (getting a long sentence) because of her celebrity then I suppose it is fair for her to later be treated better (getting shipped to house arrest). The end result seems to be that she was in jail for about the average length of time a non-celebrity would have been for similar infractions.

And if being a celebrity (for whatever douche bag reason) means you get harsher punishment for committing crimes just so you can be an example then they do deserve the otherwise unearned abuses of the system they take.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Kevin and Bean had someone on their show this morning who was saying that if a [non-famous] person had committed the offenses that Paris did the sentence would be a lot less than the one Paris received.

I've opins from a couple of lawyers and one judge that her sentence was par for the crimes - she got no less and no more than the average.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I've [heard] opins from a couple of lawyers and one judge that her sentence was par for the crimes - she got no less and no more than the average [for this crime].

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[€uroMeinke]

I'm fascinated by the spectacle of Paris Hilton and Celebrity in general. We seem to love to see stars fall, as if their lives play out some morality tail proving Karma, God, or Justice. Which is probably why this one bothers us - that money, fame, position upset our own American mythology of a just free society.

We want to protect our privacy, and become annoyed with government entities that actually protect them of celebrities. We think the worse of whatever medical condition exists, certain it's bogus, or scandalous, or both, and wonder why they just don't tell us about their irritable bowls, so we can pass judgement ourselves.

Anyway, I'm just more fascinated about what this "news" and "reaction" say about us as opposed to Paris Hilton.

[Not Afraid]

I just want to know why Paris Hilton is famous.

[CoasterMatt]

She got the clap from Linsey's firecrotch...

[Morrigoon]

Ally, apparently I have to spread the mojo around

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Ally, apparently I have to spread the mojo around

Just make sure to use protection.

[Kevy Baby]

And back to jail she goes.

[BarTopDancer]

Screaming and crying.


Can we sue her family for misuse of our tax dollars? Not for having her in jail, but for the in, the out, the special treatment, blah blah blah.