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Originally posted by Ruth
Right - I'll apologise from the outset of this post - it's going to sound like I'm having a go at people, and I'm really not. I posted it on the other thread, but I thought I would start a new one.
First of all - can I say that I think Paris Hilton deserved her jail sentence. SHe has no-one to blame but herself, for breaking the law not once, but a number of times. If any of us here did that, we would have got the same sentence. So...
This is a serious question to all the Paris fans.
If you or I had done what she has done, we would have been sentenced to time in prison. Why shouldn't she do the same? Why should she be treated differently - and better - than anyone else? Just saying, "I LOVE PARIS" is not an answer. So you love her - fine, that's up to you.
Here's another question - I am a big fan of the actor Robert Downey Jnr. He has been sent to prison on a number of occasions - and it was absolutely right that he should have been. Do you think if I had come on here posting "I LOVE ROBERT, I LOVE ROBERT, I LOVE ROBERT" that it would have been taken as a serious reason why he should not have been jailed.
Or what about Ian Brown? A singer who has made some excellent music, and who served jail time? He deserved it - if you or I had committed that same offence, we would have been sentenced to jail time.
So what I want to know is - WHY do you think Paris should be treated differently to everyone else? Why should she receive priveleges, just because she's famous? (And let's face it, she's famous because of her family name, not because of any discernible talent.) And just saying, "Because I love her," isn't a reason.
Sorry for the confrontational tone of my post, but this is a subject that really riles me. No wonder Paris and her ilk feel that they are above the law, when people are all running around endorsing that opinion for her.
Can anybody give me a VALID reason why she shouldn't go to jail?
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There is a simple answer to that question.
There is no such thing as a "Wrong Way" or a "Right Way" of doing things.
There is "Your Way" & there is "My Way" and that is life.
Nobody can change that Ruth. You can try to talk sense to a mass of Paris Hilton fans on what should or shouldn't be done or said, but you probably will be ignored and one or two will want to state their opinion strongly.
Trying to sort it all out in an intellectual way, just won't wash sometimes. It is just hard to get through.
I don't know hardly anything about Paris Hilton, even though I hear her name a lot, she is just not one of those Celebrities that I have ever focused on. I neither hate her or love her.
I did have a quick look at the story about her apparently going to jail, and the evidence and reasons are all there in black & white for us all to read.
But Newspapers do overstate things a lot. So we must bear that in mind
Also, if you click on this link:-
http://www.tmz.com/2007/05/05/45-days-her-ass/
(It says that Paris may be in a better position?)
Short article below:-
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Just because Paris Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in jail, it doesn't mean she'll do the time. Because of overcrowding and other issues, L.A. inmates often get sprung early.
Former "Lost" star Michelle Rodriguez was sentenced to 60 days in the very same facility in which Paris is scheduled to do time for the very same offense -- probation violation over a DUI conviction. Rodriguez served a grand total of 2 hours before jail officials told her to get lost.
Stay tuned.
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But articles can be wrong?
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A lot of what you said in your post is true, Ruth
But I won't debate on this Celebrity much, as it is much better to debate with real critics.
and I'm not one of them.
nodisharmony
