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The sex tape is important to the discussion because people use it as a platform to loathe or bash her. Who cares if she has a sex tape, is my point. That doesn't exactly make her Charles Manson.
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Agreed. I asked because that point wasn't clear in your post at the time, although I don't hear anyone bashing her around here because of it.
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Also, I do not excuse her DUI or her repeat offense of it. But she is a young girl and that's an example of the trials and tribulations of "growing up".
- She did wrong, deserves to be punished. The tone of my post does not say otherwise.. But calling her "OUT OF CONTROL", I think many of the members of this board forgot what their own teens and 20's were like.
I would tell you all about some of the shit I did in high school and college but you'd probably label me a psychopath and have me institutionalized.
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Wow. Where to go with this one.
Ok, "growing up," or "typical young adult behavior" labels don't work. I've never been arrested in my life. Ever. Never had more than a speeding ticket. Ever.
Did I do some stupid stuff? Sure. Apparently, you're saying you've done some
really stupid stuff. Whatever. I didn't know it was a competition.
The point is, one doesn't have to do or not do stupid things for society to agree that some stupid things should be criminal. Just because you (or anyone) has done something doesn't mean anyone should get a pass for similar behavior. I refuse to accept the "boys will be boys" excuse for bad behavior. Ever.
Ms. Paris was criminally stupid. She deserves to be in jail. She is
not an example of what growing up is like. If she was, jails would be full of young adults. She's an example of what "holier than thou" acts like.
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Does the punishment fit the crime? Maybe, maybe not. But some people need to get a grip and realize, she's making the same, everyday mistakes, a lot of young people make.
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Again, not an everyday mistake.
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And I make the OJ point because, lets be honest, people with financial affluence have a much better easier time getting off, if they want to spend the money to fight and beat the courts. It would seem to me with the right lawyer and the desire to fight the judge's decision, she could have fought for community service or something of that nature. -- But she stood up and is doing the time.. Unlike many other famous, wealthy people who buy themselves out of prison.
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Fine. I don't view her as someone to look up to as "standing up and doing the time." My bet is daddy told her she was done.
06-05-2007, 05:22 PM
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