Some self-righteously note that the public (helped in no small part by the MSM) are overly concerned with celebrities and other gossipy stuff instead of the real important stuff. One gets the idea that this was somehow an invention of the press in the 24/7 news cycle, not a reflection of a time old practice of enjoying good gossip, and not worrying (or doing so THAT much) about deep stuff in the process. So, I take that sort of thing with a grain of salt, even while not really dwelling on such things (I also don't watch American Idol, Grey's Anatomy, or even Law & Order!)
I don't somehow spend my time that much more productively, probably in many ways less so, but just saying. Nor, do I find Paris Hilton too interesting ... I'm sympathetic (though don't dwell on the fact as much as her) to someone who is upset she is such a celebrity given that she doesn't really have much talent for much of anything and isn't even (she says cattily, but rightly enough) that attractive. But, she has money and plays the fame game. Such is a living. And, manages to do so without as much reckless abandon than Lohan manages to do these days.
Still, she is not free from such things. One tries not to be too happy at her pain (insert German word here), but this doesn't mean that we should just take her as some sort of martyr. Poor baby couldn't take prison, so had to be sent home to house arrest, even though her sentencing documents took that option off the table. And, why was she there for in the first place? A summary notes:
Hilton's twisted jailhouse saga began Sept. 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a street in her Mercedes-Benz on what she said was a late-night hamburger run.
She pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced to 36 months' probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines. In the months that followed she was stopped twice while driving on a suspended license. The second stop landed her in Sauer's courtroom.
IOW, she was caught driving drunk, given a warning of sorts (the fines as amusing as those given to baseball players for misbehaving during games), was caught breaking it, was caught a second time, and that was enough for the judge. I'm not sympathetic to drunk drivers who break probation twice ... and don't have the excuse that hey they need to drive somewhere sometime, what's a guy to do? not like I'm a Hilton or something with a paid driver at my beck and call ... and even if crying for Martha Stewart was half-way reasonable (if that), not so much here.
We are after all talking about twenty days or so, all things considered. So, it's a good thing that she was sent back to jail, people doing a lot less (or not even legally guilty at all) dealing with the trauma of going inside without the option of house arrest for mental anguish. She is after all a drunk driver, who do tend to get all teary-eyed as well at sentencing and the like.