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May 8, 2007 I have written several pieces here on our current
culture and how it has apparently gone to the dogs (my apologies to dogs
everywhere).
Last Friday, Paris Hilton was sentenced to 45 days
in jail for violating her probation in regard to driving without a license, a
previous DUI and other infractions of the law.
You and I would NEVER have been given as many
options as Paris was given in order not to serve jail time. You and I would have
been thrown in a lock-up for the night at the very least.
Paris was given the option of attending an 8 hour
class on alcohol and drug use or 30 hours of community service to avoid a jail
sentence but she did neither. Her schedule is far to full to be bothered with
spending any time doing the right thing. Neither of the above choices pays any
money so they would have no appeal for Paris.
When the Judge handed down her sentence her
enabling, greedy, self-indulgent mother became abusive to the Judge and the
Prosecutors and you and I would have been held in contempt of court for that
behavior. Mrs. Hilton was not. Nothing was done about her
outbursts.
There are two very different sets of rules for the
rich and infamous and the rest of us and Paris and her family are among those
who really don't have to obey the same laws as the rest of us.
The horrifying part of all this is not poor Paris
and her jail term or even her ridiculous mother's behavior. It isn't the fact
that we aren't treated the same as people like her. The horrifying part is that
Paris will become even more famous (infamous) after all of this and she will
make even more ill-begotten money from her obnoxious behavior.
When will the parents in this country start to look
closely at who their children are holding up as role models? When will they see
that Paris represents the worst part of our already skewed culture? When will
they educate their children that people like Paris and Britney and the rest of
the freaks out there are not the people we want our children to look up
too?
This nonsense won't stop until the average
citizen takes back our culture and gives our children something positive to
strive for.
The Judge did the right thing regarding Paris but I
am not convinced that she won't win an appeal and not serve one day in a jail
cell.
This is like a disease and it has spread throughout
our entire society and like any other infectious disease, it needs to be
stopped. If it isn't...we will have a very bleak future and our children will
have none at all.
------------ About the author: Meri has a Medical/Legal background and is a former forensic researcher specializing in psychological profiling. https://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=27335 Email: writers2@cox.net Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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