Once in a while it seems to me that everybody has an opinion they share that I don't quite understand, a real no brainer to them, so now that I'm left out in the dark I feel stupid. I will admit that I am perhaps not the best informed of people. Of course we all know that it's bad to hate another human being unless they're really, really evil and have done a number of horrible things and maybe not even then. So that being said I've noticed mainly on T.V. that a lot of people have been showing great joy at Paris Hilton going to jail. I've seen serial killers going to jail get less of a response. I am clueless about this, will someone please tell me what's everyone getting so worked up over?

I pay about as much attention to paris as I do an ant on the street. However I don't think what you are seeing is hate. It's an expectation of justice. When a serial killer goes to jail its generally expected that not only is it deserved it will happen. However there is a common perception that influential people are somewhat above the law and don't get the same punishment for their actions that average people get. I think what you are seeing isn't personal hate of paris but rather people happy to see "a celebrity got what he/she deserved" instead of her fame and daddy's money buying her out of jail.

Disclaimer: I make no claims whether or not paris deserves jail in this case or whether her being released was appropriate I'll leave those judgments to people who know the situation.

I agree with Nikki here Jonie. It's more about justice and how priviledge works in the justice system. I don't really follow this kind of thing, but to me we've seen examples of this argument before. OJ Simpson, Robert Downey, other famous people...when they are arrested, the public tends to have this group think mentality sometimes like 'let's make an example out of this person and punish them' without ever wanting a trial or help or whatever. I'm definitely not trying to lump OJ, Paris and Downey in the same group other than to say they are famous. When famous people get in trouble, it tends to really bring out the emotion in people. They want to really see that famous people are treated like anyone else in that situation. That's why I think the Paris thing got so blown out of proportion and another reason I don't follow that. I mean, we've got people dying in Iraq for God's sake, we've got starving people all over the world, there's crime running rampant and all our US newspeople, even "news" stations can focus on is a "socialite" (nice title to have in life by the way) who should or should not be in jail. I understand the larger implications for our justice system, but the only reason people are remotely interested in this is because she's Paris Hilton. I'll be glad when this is over and done with!

It's a slow news week.

Very insightfull answers here, I thank you all.

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