[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?