[wardaddy]

Partying, promiscuity, vanity and possessions are.

Very few women (and some men) who are not guilty of the last two as well.

I'm surprised a pro-life, pro-culture war father of daughters doesn't see this.

Hilton's lifestyle is not on trial, of course I don't approve of it nor most of what passes for American youth kulture today but again that is all irrelavant in court. I'm not arguing about judge's authority here, but I have questioned his departure from his normal sentencing patterns for her. That is the only issue I care about with Hilton, the rest is not part of it for me anyhow.

thanks for the concise post btw....

[soccermom]

"Very few women (and some men) who are not guilty of the last two as well." Agreed, but Paris is the poster child for these and I think, in her case, it is to an extreme level. I don't know many women who have pictures of themselves (almost exclusively) plastered all over their homes, do you? But you're right, vanity and materialism are on the rise, as I noted in the previous post -- specifically among our teens. Hilton is the embodiment of these vices. She promotes those vices.

"Hilton's lifestyle is not on trial, of course I don't approve of it nor most of what passes for American youth kulture today but again that is all irrelavant in court." Of course. But, again, you asked why I have contempt for her and I am telling you why. Just like you have contempt for Rosie O'Donnell and would not like it if her celebrity status got her out of a jail sentence. "I'm not arguing about judge's authority here, but I have questioned his departure from his normal sentencing patterns for her. That is the only issue I care about with Hilton, the rest is not part of it for me anyhow." OK, so why object to a thread that merely applauds her being sent back to jail? The outrage for us, and it was palpable all over the media, was the fact that she was given a pass on her sentence. We're merely applauding the fact that she didn't get away with it. I assume you think that is a good thing --- that she wasn't able to get out of her sentence.