Thank everything you believe in...
Ms. Hilton is back in jail! I bear her no ill will, but I am among the many - very many - who believe the over-privileged should not be able to simply believe the laws don't apply to them. The fact she had such disregard for the law as to get stopped not once, but TWICE on a suspended license following a DUI is enough of a message to me she should be behind bars. Apparently, she wasn't even going to take this seriously either. Medical condition? Seriously?
She would have had better luck here if she had pled for her safety (harassment by other prisoners or staff). At least that might have had some credibility as an argument.
Some say the judge "overreacted" and the punishment was too harsh. What possible punishment would have been doled out had she been simply under house arrest? Punishment is defined as a "penalty for wrongdoing", and "restricting" someone to a $3.1 million dollar home, someone with the means to be completely waited on and catered to is not punishment. The judge originally remanded her for only 23 days (including reduced time for good behavior), now she gets to serve 45. Good.
Paris Hilton is not being singled out as an example. She screwed up, and is paying for it. Let's all wish her well, then do a happy dance! Someone needs to invent a new drink - the Hilton Slammer!
posted by Roger C. @ 6/08/2007 02:02:00 PM
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The privileged are not the only ones who think they are above the law. I encounter "regular" people almost every day who think they are allowed to drive alone in the carpool at high speed or don't have to wait for green on metered onramps.
I have to disagree Kenny. I think that most people who drive alone in the carpool lane, speed, or blow through metering lights are not doing so because they believe that the law does not apply to them, but rather, they do so because they do not think that they will get caught. The difference is that the overwhelming majority of those folks, when they do get caught, will pay their fine or go to traffic school or whatever. It's the difference between taking responsibility for what you do and not, and it's really a matter of maturity more than anything. What upsets most people about the Paris situation is not that she is an alcoholic (which we've all known for awhile) or that she was driving drunk, but rather that when her time came to stand up, be an adult, and take responsibility for her actions, she was unwilling to do it. That's where the obvious belief by both her and the worthless excuse for a sheriff in LA (who should be immediately recalled, by the way) that the law doesn't apply to rich white girls becomes obvious.
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