Comments on: Pity Poor Paris

By: hanabira

hanabira — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:08:04 +0000

i think its going a little too far since she is getting punished more harshly than 80% of people with similar offences… but i have to say that i dont have sympathy at all for anyone who drink drives. whether you kill somebody or not i feel that all drunk drivers are responsible for the related deaths on the roads… im sure it will be hard for her but at least it will teach her to stop being so naive (and read her mail!) and she is fortunate that she still will have a wonderful life on the other side of her sentence- unlike many people who end up in gaol.

By: paul

paul — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:48:33 +0000

If Paris Hilton had been Paris Nobody then she would have never been returned to jail.

- mostly because she wouldn’t have been released , early, from jail in the first place

- mostly because if she had been Paris nobody then the same court as took her licence would have also ordered her into some sort of de tox and counselling program.

Have a rreally good look. How many commonplace offendors are EVER jailed for driving without a licence whithout at least one warning first?

The whole jail thing is a cheap political stunt on the part of the courts.

By: herbert browne

herbert browne — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:28:43 +0000

I’d like to add that the last time I saw this kind of glee about a celebrity going to prison was after Martha Stewart’s trial, but everything was about how she was bitch instead of how she was a slut. Now, I firmly believe that Martha was scapegoated, but that’s not the case with Paris…

(To quote a scrap of a reggae lyric) “Yo Martha Stewart/ got a lot o’ gall/ but that ain’t gonna help her/ out at all/ cos everybody knows/ that the high finance/ run by the hymie-town whities/ in the silk suit pants..” (a song that predicted that Ken Lay would never go to prison). Yep…
Does anybody else have an issue with Hitch beating the dead horse that he rode in on? If he’s so affronted by all this coverage, why does he continue coverage? I’m surprised he didn’t post a URL to the dread sex tapes, so that we could truly grasp the Depth of his point… ^..^

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:44:36 +0000

Indeed I should not be.

I would use a different moniker but, well, it’s my name. It’s apparently your name also. Some people will just have to be confused.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:05:57 +0000

FWIW, the commenter using “Thomas” from Badassbard is not to be confused with everyone’s favorite Totally Serious Insufferable Douche.

By: ninjanurse

ninjanurse — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:31:37 +0000

what will emerge from that jail is potentially something more frightening than anything that has gone before. paris got religion. for an analysis, and the eerie al sharpton connection check out kmareka.com or use this link
http://kmareka.com/?p=1251

By: norbizness

norbizness — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:48:50 +0000

It’s 2:48 pm (CST) on June 13, 2007, and Paris Hilton is still 26 years old. That is all.

By: CBrachyrhynchos

CBrachyrhynchos — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:05:26 +0000

Apropos of nothing, during a recent visit to my parents, we ended up watching a Hallmark Swiss Family Robinson rip-off called “Stranded” that included a swaggering drunk pirate who was the spitting image of Christopher Hitchens.

My view of this is that Hilton is part of the current Bimbo/Bunny narrative du jour. The first act of the Bimbo/Bunny narrative involves an apparently naive and attractive young woman who rises to fame on the basis of her sex appeal combined with a naive “who me?” approach to scandal. We are currently in act two where the world implodes around her. Act three is either “untimely death and critical praise” ala Monroe, “redemption and restoration,” or “pathetic has-been seeking publicity” ala the current treatment of Courtney Love.

By: prairielily

prairielily — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:43:54 +0000

I’d like to add that the last time I saw this kind of glee about a celebrity going to prison was after Martha Stewart’s trial, but everything was about how she was bitch instead of how she was a slut. Now, I firmly believe that Martha was scapegoated, but that’s not the case with Paris.

It’s just interesting how the masses have the same reaction to two women who were occupying public space in manners deemed traditionally inappropriate for women; Martha Stewart, for being too powerful and not nice enough, and Paris Hilton, for not being a timid, demure virgin who dresses modestly.

By: Valentine

Valentine — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:35:45 +0000

Paris Hilton is a 26 year old adult. She should have learned to be responsible for her actions a long time ago and now is not the time to mollycoddle her.

I need to incorporate the word “mollycoddle” into my daily vernacular.

Paris broke the law. She should face her punishment. End of story. I’m just glad her money didn’t get her out of it.