Who Thinks That Paris Hilton Has Learned Her Lesson?
By Rozie37
@Rozie37 (15499)
Turkmenistan
June 7, 2007 4:21pm CST
Many celebrities commit crimes all the time and never see the inside of a jail cell. But Paris Hilton did, for three days. Although, I am not a fan, at all, I felt kind of sorry for her and I believe that she has learned her lesson.
I am sure that people have pumped her up, all he life and told her how great and wonderful she was, just because of her family name. There is no way that that would not eventually go to your head. Up until she stepped in that cell and they locked the door, I am sure there was someone telling her that this could never and would happen to her.
I am sure that for all three days she heard, don't worry Paris, we will find a way to get you out. The fact that somebody finally got her out, means that somebody finally started doing their job. Do I think that she should have been arrested? Yes. Do I think that she should have served her full time? Yes. Do I think that Paris will ever do this again? It is very doubtful.
Like they say, "Reality bites." Whatever she thought was true of herself before has been crushed. The family fortune could not keep her from such a horrible experience. But, I also blame others for pushing her to "Think more highly of herself than she ought to." I hope to never ever again, see her wearing a T-shirt that says, "I am Paris Hilton and I can do whatever I want."
I am amazed at the number of people who feel no mercy for her. She was locked in a strange place where a bunch of criminals felt like they already knew her and were threatening her. Yes, she violated probation, but I don't believe that she should die for it. I can't help feeling that her life was in danger while she was there.
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32 responses
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
7 Jun 07
You say she violated probation but it was driving drunk that get her arrested in the first place. Her first crime was driving drunk, then her second crime was driving with a suspended license and also driving with no headlights on (because she needed a burger really bad) which could have easily caused a serious accident killing you or I. Why shouldn't she be with other criminals if she has committed more than one crime? That's why we call them criminals, she is no exception and does not deserve any special treatment and she should have served her full sentence. Everyone knows driving drunk is a crime, it is not something new. I hope the next time she wants to go out drinking she uses her driver instead of driving herself and show off to the world that she has a Bentley.
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@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
7 Jun 07
No she doesn't deserve to die for it but when she was driving drunk of she hit and killed somone very close to you, I don't think you would be that forgiving. She did commit several crimes and that is where people go - to jail. She should not be an exception to drunk driving charges?
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
7 Jun 07
I admit that if she had killed someone that I loved, it would take time for me to forgive. But forgiveness is not an option and I feel the worse the circumstances, the more aggressively one should seek to forgive.
People are coming down pretty hard on Paris and I understand why, but the public that put her up there are now the ones that are pulling her back down. I have never watched the "Simple Life." I am sure that I never will. The public keeps that show on and now everyone wants her to rot in jail like she actually killed someone, when she didn't. Give her a break, she may have money, but she is still humna.
If you were her, you would do everything in your power to get out too. I say that some people are just jealous of her fortune. She as already got into more trouble than most famous people who have done worst than she did.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
7 Jun 07
I really don't feel that she was showing off her car. She has been rich all of her life. If anything, her life is worse now than it has ever been, because now every dumb thing that she does is blown out of proportion for the world to scrutinize.
I understand the frustration that people are feeling that it seems like justice has not been served, but it would be cruel to put her with everyone else. What she did may be wrong, but she does not deserve to die for it.
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@making_it_happen (87)
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7 Jun 07
I don't think she has. The time that she was in there was not enough for her to reflect on what she had done. I feel kinda bad for famous people because everything they do is look at twice as hard than someone else.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
7 Jun 07
Believe me when I tell you, she will never forget this trauma for as long as she lives. She may come out smiling like the show must go on, but being lock alone in a cell is no joke for anyone, I don't care how much money you have or who your family is.
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@hockeygal4ever (10021)
• United States
8 Jun 07
I do think she's learned her less a bit, because she was so scared, but I don't think she paid the price. Face it, what she learned is that she can play the system and get off again. She tried to play up the act of being so frightened and scared but so brave yet in 2 1/2 days she leaves? Come on. She needs to spend a little time in there doing the REAL thing. How REAL do you think it really was for her?
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@hockeygal4ever (10021)
• United States
8 Jun 07
LOL.. I think they left off the word minded... It was supposed to be "The Simple Minded's Life". She fits the bill for that!
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@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
8 Jun 07
I guess the simple life is not so simple after all - huh?
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@tsgirl01 (900)
• United States
8 Jun 07
Thank you hockeygal4ever! She never did the real thing and if she had she would have gotten it Country Club style anyway. There are two laws, those for the haves and those for the have nots...I am a have not...had it been me, you or many others who have responded, we would be responding from a jail cell...no three days for us...
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@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
7 Jun 07
I feel bad for her in a way but I also feel like she had it coming myself. Not that I'm a fan of hers or anything but she should of known that eventually she would get in trouble. I think going to jail for a few days proberly taught her a big lesson.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
7 Jun 07
yup, she learned her lesson. She learned that whining and crying about not being treated like a goddess will get her her own little baby way.
She drove drunk. She proved she didn't care by violating the probation. That means she was already given a chance. She had her sentence shortened for "good behavior". How do you show "good behavior" when you haven't even been incarcerated yet?
She blew every break she was given, and cried, whined and who knows what to be given another break.
It's not like we're talking anything more than mere discomfort here, and she couldn't even handle that.
She is everything that her worst detractors say about her, and more. She is a woman who can't handle not being pampered.
She isn't a victim of anyone, she is a mass of human organs, and that is it.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
7 Jun 07
I will be the first to say that I do not see any good that Paris has ever done for anyone. She is definitely a disgrace to her family and everyone else with real morals. But, you have to put yourself in her shoes. She is a human being just like the rest of us in the sense that she did wrong, was caught, served some time.
Now let's be real here, if you were in her shoes, you would feel that it was cruel to toss you in with everyone else. Everyone makes mistakes, her situation is special because she is known by everyone. I don't see why peoples angry will not allow them to see that.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
8 Jun 07
For the millionth time (between me and others) she was not in a cell with other people. She was in a protected cell.
Worship her all you want, but the fact is, she didn't live up to her sentence. She didn't serve her time. Mercy has robbed justice for no reason other than they worship stars as much as you do.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
7 Jun 07
Do you realize what you are saying? You are calling her a whimp for not being able to stand jail. Most human beings are whimps when it comes to jail. I am claustrophobic, I could not last five minutes in jail.
If I thought that whining and crying would help me, I would in no way be above it. Although, I seriously doubt that this got her out of jail. I understand our need to see the rich and famous receive justice also, but for that very reason, they can not be treated just like one of us.
There is not a person in that jail who would have treated Paris Hilton like just another inmate and we all know that.
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@molusk (857)
• Philippines
8 Jun 07
I am a fan of Paris Hilton. I have made love to her in so many nights and
in so many ways as my fertile imagination can muster. But so sadly
enough, it was also because of her that my strong belief in the justice system of America has been shattered. This is a clear and blatant example of compartmentalized justice. If you were just an ordinary
American do you think you can also be afforded that kind of justice?
No way, I must say for there is another kind of justice for you and another kind of justice for Paris
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@vonsmom1994 (94)
• United States
8 Jun 07
Better news, she's going back to jail. And for the original 45 days! Justice rules!!!
@Pertinacious (14)
• United States
8 Jun 07
Only time will tell, but my guess is....drum role please, she's going to do it again. It's only a matter of time. It's a shame that she didn't get her original time in jail. If that isn't proof that this so called U.S. legal system doesn't work, I don't know what is. If that had been me, or possibly anyone of you, trust me the outcome would have been much different.
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@krysi17 (234)
• United States
8 Jun 07
First of all I dont hear of alot of murders in jail.I think any drunk driver should go to prison not just spend 20 days in jail.I think its crap that rich people always get out of things and poor people have to do there time.I dont know what the reason was that they let her out but who cares about her safety.She should have thought about other peoples safety when she was driving drunk.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
9 Jun 07
The inmates were talking about killing her before she ever got there because they had to be shuffled around for her sake. Some of the inmates sleep on floors there and they said that she would never have to sleep on the floor.
Her family and friends care about her safety. I don't understand why we as people always beg for mercy, but when others are facing troubles, we show no compassion at all. You have done wrong in your life and you have wanted to get out of punishment just like she did and any normal person would.
What she did wrong, people all over the world do all the time. People are ragging on her because she is rich and famous. Well, news flash, that is not her fault.
@starr4all (2863)
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7 Jun 07
I think she learned a lesson. That the name Hilton can get her out of everything. I don't think she learned anything else. She'll get done with this "punishment" and I wouldn't even give her a month before she is in trouble again.
Oh boo hoo! She was locked with a bunch of criminals. Ummm...she is a criminal! She broke the law (and was lucky she hadn't killed someone both times).
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@starr4all (2863)
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14 Jun 07
Actually Rozie I would say that about anyone who gets a dui, and then goes on, not to much later, drives dangerously. I would push for them to go to jail before they killed anyone.
@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
8 Jun 07
I agree. It's only a matter of time before she's back in the news doing something wrong.
Lloyd
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
9 Jun 07
I think that you guys should get off her back. She is young and young people do stupid things. The only thing is that hers is being played out in public, so everyone wants to judge her harshly.
The authorities have been in complete control from the start. They are the ones that made these decissions. All she could do, is what they ordered her too. If she were running things, she would have never went to jail at all.
@magica (3707)
• Bulgaria
9 Jun 07
Just wonder why is all this noise arround this woman. Paris Hilton is nobody. Nobody with some milions. I dont think that she will learn her lesson, she looks stupid and spoiled as most the rich women. But actually she benefits from the jail: so much noise and it`s ok for her popularity and image.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
9 Jun 07
Have you looked at the headlines lately?? Do you really believe that Paris Hilton hast to go through all this drauma for her image. All Paris did was start a television show. The public is the one that went all ga, ga, over her.
As far as I can see, all she is doing is being herself. And if she isn't who cares? She did not put herself on a pesdastel, she was pretty much yank up there. And the same ones that built her up, are tearing her down. I don't even like Paris Hilton and I am defending her, because you guys are jumping all over her when all she did is a commit a few crimes that people commit every day.
Are you guys doing this to her because you are trying to force her to be a role model? Do you feel betrayed becasue she is not perfect? What is the real issue?
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
8 Jun 07
The judge in the case stood up and reminded us all that a Sheriff has no authority to change a sentence handed down by a court. The judge didn't play favorites or put her on a pedistal, he simply enforced the law as it is written.
Too bad we don't have more judge decisions like this one!
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@ldybgsgma99 (798)
• United States
8 Jun 07
I think Paris Hilton is a spoiled rich brat that will never learn her lesson. She will always expect other people to bail her out of whatever she gets into. It is disgusting. She spend a whole three days behind bars and then managed to worm her way out as usual. She should be made accountable for what she does just like a poor person would be. Ok I am done now. I will step down off my soap box.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
9 Jun 07
Thank you so much for stepping down from your "soap box." Why is everyone attacking Paris like she committed another crime by leaving the jail. The sheriff is the one who let her out.
Do you think that she should have said, no I would rather stay in jail, even though you are giving me the option of going home?? Would you? I don't think that she is a spoil rich brat at all. I think that she is just living her life the way she wants to, just like we all do.
The only difference is that her life is being played out in public for people to throw stones at her. She did not worm her way out of anything. The sheriff is the one who over threw the judges decission. All she did was complain about a rash.
@ldybgsgma99 (798)
• United States
9 Jun 07
Do you honestly think that the sheriff would have let you out because of a rash? No. She got out because of who she is and how much money she has.
@alexsis (2149)
• United States
7 Jun 07
No, she has not learned her lesson. She hasn't stayed in jail long enough to learn her lesson. She will keep doing it and she will not get punish for it. I feel that she did the crime and she should do the time no matter who she is. Justice is unfair in this country.
@starr4all (2863)
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14 Jun 07
There already is talks (from her camp) that she's going to write a book about her experience. All she's doing is making more money off of this instead of learning a lesson.
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
7 Jun 07
Do you honestly believe that she went to jail for three days to get attention? Come on, not even Michael Jackson is that desparate. And it is not like no one worships her, her fans give her plenty of attention without her having to go to jail.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
9 Jun 07
If she was able to buy her way out, don't blame her, blame the justice system, though I highly doubt that this was the case. If this was someone you cared about, I would hope that you would not assume the worst about them.
You don't know what she will do. Why judge so negatively, does it make you feel somehow superior?
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@Penguinsangel (3498)
• United States
7 Jun 07
I do not feel sorry for her at all. She was in a single place all by herself, its like she was in a regular jail. I "might" have felt sorry for her had she done all her time, but now she is home already after only three freaking days. I just can't believe it.
I think she'll just keep doing what she has always done, I really don't think this has changed her. But only time will tell.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
7 Jun 07
She should of served her time because she broke the law. I don't have any sympathy for her at all. Lets hope she has learnt something from this. We will see in the next few months whether she has or not but then again I have more important things to worry about than Paris Hilton. She is a very lucky girl to only have spent 3 days in jail.
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@daryljane (3406)
• Philippines
8 Jun 07
i dont think she will learn her lesson! if she say she is paris hilton and she can do whatever she wants, locking her 3 days wont change her from doing what you want, whether driving drunk or with suspended license, criminals dont even change after being locked up for years, what more can 3 days be?
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@ChEenie11 (81)
• Philippines
8 Jun 07
I think she would do it again but it is much worser than what she had done.... Paris being noted as a certified party girl can do something wrong again
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@silvernutbar (904)
• United States
8 Jun 07
I choose to neither villify or condone her actions. The sentence was a bit harsh if the crimes in volved had been singular and not leading one off the other. People forget though that it isn't just about making someone 'see the error of their ways' but making the streets safe. In a very short time she drove drunk, then flouted the more than reasonable probation period for that.
Her being a celebrity does not give her carte blanche to ignore the law. However, 45 days was a little much. 3 days of that however is far to little time based on that. she should have gotten the 15 days and served the remainder of time on house arrest and then released on a probationary period.
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