Ranting Lily: Bringing the Llama Back for a Good Reason

So sorry gang! I have to pull the Drama Llama back in from the yard for just a teeny moment. But I’m sure you understand. - Lily

Three days. She could only hack it for THREE DAYS.

And even then she barely eeked it out.

Today’s release of Paris Hilton from a L.A. County Sheriff’s detention facility didn’t really surprise anyone. No…I don’t think “surprise” was in our vocabulary today. Most of us kind of knew that something like this was going to happen. We live in a society where money and fame mean more than anything. If you have enough of either, it’s enough grease to get the wheels turning in the correct direction.

So no, I’m not surprised or angry the pampered hotel heiress was released and credited with 5 days of her 23 day sentence. What really gets me are statements from her red carpet stroll at the MTV Movie Awards this past Sunday. A normally subdued Hilton told the interviewers that she was scared, but ready. She wanted to be an example to young people the world over so they can make better decisions.

But the lesson those kids learned today? If you throw a tantrum or act out like the petulant, shallow, media whore you are – your actions have no consequences. It’s aggravating. And the worst part is that Paris and her cronies don’t care. They don’t realize it AND they don’t care.

Celebrity mongers of Hilton’s ilk live in a different stratosphere. They believe the rules don’t apply to them because they’ve been given a life of privilege. The privilege to walk all over regular people and their way of life because they will NEVER know what REAL life is like. They treat rehab like a vacation and they figure they can buy their way out of anything.

Letting Paris Hilton go free has set a dangerous precedence. If you’re young, hot, and rich – you just need to act out and your lawyer will take care of everything. I bet Lindsay Lohan is doing drunken somersaults of joy right how at the latest development. Regardless, this is a public display of gross irresponsibility and everyone on Team Hilton should be ashamed. You’re perpetrating everything that is evil about class warfare. The Haves are running wild, while the Have Nots can only watch while they worry about real things like paying bills, taking care of their kids, or putting food on the table.

Officials involved in this matter said that Hilton was released because she wasn’t eating, sleeping, and they worried about her having a nervous breakdown. They didn’t want to exacerbate her hardship of being in jail.

BOO FREAKIN’ HOO.

You know – there are people in jail who have nervous breakdowns all the time. What about them? Should they get to go home too? And those people probably have sentences that are triple and quadruple the time Hilton’s 23-day laughfest. I’ve never heard of the case about a bulimic shoplifter getting sent home with a shorter/easier sentence. From what I can estimate after reading books and watching the Discovery Channel – JAIL SUCKS. You have no privacy, you get to own nothing, you’re herded around like cattle, and you don’t get the food you like. Nothing about jail sounds comfortable.

Oh wait. It’s not comfortable because you’re being PUNISHED for BREAKING THE LAW. This is where you’re supposed to learn that breaking the law is bad. And hopefully it’s such an uncomfortable experience you will never do it again.

But since you’re Paris Hilton – you’ll probably never do it at all.

Dear heaven! How much more could this sentence be whittled down? 45-days turned into 23-days in jail, which has now turned into 40-days at home. Well, that might last until Friday, where Hilton has been ordered to appear back in court for a hearing on this new sentence. But honestly, I can’t hold my breath.

Whatever Paris wants…apparently she gets.