Have you read yet, how Paris Hilton thinks that having to go to jail for violating her terms of probation for an alcohol-relating reckless driving case is cruel. One of those terms was a suspended license, which apparently Paris (a) thought didn’t really apply to her, (b) one or another of her advisors advised her wasn’t applicable and/or (c) it was OK for her to drive to work. Um, Paris WORKS?
After two violations, she’s been ordered to jail for 45 days. “I feel that I was treated unfairly and that the sentence is both cruel and unwarranted and I don’t deserve this,” Paris said after the sentencing.
I suppose an argument could be made that she’s being spotlighted and being made an example of in order to make a point. And the point – as I see it – would be that even the rich have to obey the law. Sometimes. At least in front of the paparazzi, who will take your picture, plaster it all over the National Enquirer and People magazine. Which, in turn, makes it very difficult for the judge to show you any lienency.
But I take offense at her flinging around the word “cruel” as if she’s being sentenced to daily floggings instead of having to scrub toliets ala’ Naomi Campbell. Her lifestyle is going to be curtailed for six weeks or so. She <gasp> won’t have a cell phone and her posse and her perfume. That’s inconvienent, but not cruel.
Cruel is losing your child because of a drunk driver.
