Paris Hilton... better than the OJ fiasco?

[Brian the Automator]

To me, there's nothing about Paris that says "innocent".

 

Sex tapes, public binge drinking, criminal behavior... If she's innocent, I don't wanna see guilty.

[danzig6767]

I spent a bit of time in jail during my younger days,never knew being bummed out was a ticket to get sent home.When i heard that yesterday,i had a hard time imaging some 23 year old broke mexican guy saying he was depressed to be in jail and them saying,why don't you go home then.

[BraunsBoyfriend]

To me, there's nothing about Paris that says "innocent".

 

Sex tapes, public binge drinking, criminal behavior... If she's innocent, I don't wanna see guilty.

 

Please note the careful use of the word "appearance". http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif In photo's, etc, she has a sort of innocent look on one side of her face very often.

 

Obviously she's not innocent at all. But then, who is?

[Bert55]

The bottom line for me is 2 things:

 

First off the media has made this woman out to be some sort of idol to the young women of America. True, these young women have a choice, but not when it is shoved down there throats via every media available.

 

second, How shallow the world must think of the USA when we idolize the the rich, insensitive and the spoiled rotten childeren.

 

OK, one more thing....A 26 year old woman yelling MOMMY in the courthouse I can only hope will be her legacy. At least Patty Hurst picked up a gun and stood for something.

 

Yup, I am grateful she is in jail and I hope the media will look at the real issues in this country and not the brats.

[BraunsBoyfriend]

To address your 2 concerns, Bert55, here are my thoughts:

 

Paris and those like her are doing men everywhere huge favors by making young women believe that being "hot" is what's most important. She is teaching girls, future women I will add, that having a great body, skanky clothes to show this body off in and essentially being everything that women's suffrage is not is what's important in life. Hopefully this will lead to more hot women showing off more of their bodies and not questioning the decisions of the man in their life. We can hope Americas trophy wife and overall hot girl percentages will go up and that men will retain their rights as owners of the important things. This is a good thing.

 

Secondly, the world is just as into her as we are. After all, being the ambassador of "that's hot" is the universal language of men everywhere. Plus, who cares what the world things so long as we have our young girls everywhere imitating this and trying to achieve that level of "hotness".

 

We need to focus on the benefits she brings men everywhere. Do you want women with flabby bodies and ugly, loose fitting clothes questioning your every move because they're educated and well read? Do you want unattractive she-men challenging your rightful place in the world because they're full of confidence that they're as smart as any man? Do you want women with no interest in maintaining our ideal female body walking around with jogging suits on and questioning our whereabouts?

 

We need women like Paris among us reminding little girls the only way to get attention is to put down the books, stop the thinking and start slimming down, skanking up and shutting up. Before you know it, we'll more young, beautiful women than ever before. And men everywhere will be better off for it.

[SoCalBrewfan]

While I'm sure you're joking and trying to be funny, that's seriously not cool.

[hawing]

I'll second SoCal, if for no other reason on behalf of the forum's female participants.

[Bert55]

Braunsboyfriend,

I can only hope that you are not married or that you do not have a daughter.

 

Paris Hilton is America at it's very worst.

 

Hungry people/Aids infected countries/global warming.....and we consider Paris newsworthy.

[PeaveyFury]

Please discuss the topic at hand, and not Paris' 'qualities'. Otherwise, this thread is likely headed for yet another off-topic lock.

[BraunsBoyfriend]

It's attempting to be absurd, not funny.

 

If it's not cool, please explain why. I'm not quite sure why absurdity isn't "cool". I guess it's not trying to be cool either.

 

But I'm reinforcing the points made by you, Bert55, SoCalBrewfan , etc that shes a terrible role model for kids and teens alike. I was agreeing with you. That was the point of my post. Sorry you interpreted it as offensive. But it would be your fault here I think.

 

Sometimes things are a little outside the box. Absurdity and sarcasm often are. You can make a point without being literal about things.

 

I thought it was plainly obvious that my point was she's terrible for women and mankind alike. That society and the media doesn't have its priorities straight and that we could potentially be headed down a negative path sensationalizing people like Paris Hilton.

 

I mean, do you actually think a sane person would think that way?

[ccbrew]

She is teaching girls, future women I will add, that having a great body, skanky clothes to show this body off in and essentially being everything that women's suffrage is not is what's important in life.

 

Wow..party like it's pre-1920. (Edit: Okay, read your most recent post. If you had said what you wrote in person, I'd immediately know you were joking around..but text-on-computer sarcasm doesn't always work that well. I think there's been some absurd things said in the Off-Topic forum, especially recently, so you just never know..http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif )

 

Anyways, good to see the system come to its senses and putting Paris in her place. There are few places where you're treated the same way no matter how wealthy you are, and the Los Angeles County jail is one of them. My thoughts with regards to her appearance? Dime a dozen - pretty, but I see pretty girls around campus all the time. They may not bleed liquid gold and blow their noses in money, but they have at least half a brain..and that's good enough for me.

[cweber39]

I would like to talk to her just once, to see if she really is smarter than a box of crayons.

[SoCalBrewfan]

I mean, do you actually think a sane person would think that way?

 

We've seen all kinds of less than classy acts visit brewerfan over the years, and sometimes people feel comfortable posting things on the internet that they wouldn't dream of saying in real life. I've seen people post things like that without a shred of irony.

 

We've also seen that sane people aren't the only people that visit the internets.

 

Sarcasm, absurdity, whatever, doesn't always come through so well in text. And you were just saying how you find PH attractive...which makes me personally question your sanity. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[BraunsBoyfriend]

Fair enough. I find her very attractive in fact. I might be crazy, this is true.

 

But to be literal I'd agree that we sensationalize people like her too much as well.

 

However, there is some good in her too.

 

Some would say it's a stretch but she does empower girls somewhat, albeit from the wrong direction. But Paris is a free flowing girl who does what she wants and appears vey independent.

 

I wouldn't go too far with it and I'm sure the negatives are dominate in terms of having your little girl use her as a role model. But there are some positives about her in terms of reflecting on a girls mentality. Mainly that of independence (appearance of, she's probably very sheltered, etc)...............

 

I can't do this. She's a bag of trash. A very attractive bag of trash. I was stretching a little too far there.

[DHonks]

I just don't find her attractive. Granted, I'm an eternally single guy, but she's overly skinny, wears too much makeup (my simple philosphy is that if I can tell a woman is wearing makeup, she's wearing too much), and about as phoney as people get. She seems very devious...nothing about her appearance is authentic or innocent.

[pitchleague]

anybody else have feelings that she's a living breathing CSI episode-to-be when her sister inevitably gets over jealous and does something about it?

 

What's the deal with her sister anyways?

 

Dhonks, I agree with your sentiments on makeup. My wife wears none. Absolutely zilch. Some other women look at her and wonder why not, but her facial skin is still as soft and smooth as it was as a baby (I'd reckon) and will likely still be that way when she's much older, unlike a lot of women who do use a lot of makeup.

[BraunsBoyfriend]

I like devious. Raaaaaaowwwwwww!

[Katuluu]

While I'm sure you're joking and trying to be funny, that's seriously not cool.

 

He's just feeding a baby to the rich as some might say. Though why satire would be wasted on Paris is beyond me. It's like punching babies or deriding fire balling prep pitchers. Easy targets.

[crewcrazy]

I, like many others, don't find Paris Hilton to be attractive at all. The extreme thinness (almost sickly), the Ann Carroll nose, the speculated drug habit, and every STD under the sun just doesn't do it for me. Sorry.

 

As for this actual case, it's more bizarre than anything else. The past two days saw a huge drop in the stock market, the launch of a space shuttle, and a computer glitch that shut down air travel everywhere along the East coast, and this was the story on all of the news networks all day today. Following the line of cars from the courthouse to the correctional facility by helicopter was just absurd.

 

She's getting what she deserves, though. Despite what a few of the pundits on Fox News were saying today, she's not getting 45 days in jail for driving with a suspended license. She's getting 45 days for blatantly violating her probation twice after a DUI and completely disregarding the authority of the legal system. Ann Coulter actually proposed that they fine her $50,000 instead of sending her to jail, which is absurd -- this is a multi-billion dollar heiress we're talking about. 50 grand is a drop in the bucket for her. She's like a spoiled little kid -- you punish spoiled little kids by taking away what is most important to them. To Paris, her autonomy is what is most important to her...maybe by taking away her freedom for a month, she'll get the point. Not likely, but the odds are better than if you just make her daddy cut a check.

[BMuch]

She just looks like another cookie-cutter bleach-blond bimbo to me. I don't get what the big deal is.

 

Fame, Fortune, & lots of flair/glam.

[valpocrewsader]

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She just looks like another cookie-cutter bleach-blond bimbo to me. I don't get what the big deal is.

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Not to me -- that would be a big upgrade. In my opinion, Paris basically looks like some kind of alien. "If my dog had a face like that, I'd shave its butt and teach it to walk backwards."

 

I've always described her as, "sexy, but not hot".

 

I'm sortof a Nicky Hilton fan, though, especially when she's in brunette mode.

 

I'm kindof enjoying Paris' tribulations, but I'd rather just not hear about her (or any other celeb, for that matter) at all.

[mikevan1818]

If I were the judge, I would sentance Paris to 45 days of mandatory "doing something for someone besides herself."

 

I think she'd go more insane during a few days of that than she has with a few days in jail.

[02john]

I liked her in her first movie!

 

johnR