Assault on reason!

Last week the travails of Paris Hilton, who went to jail for a traffic violation, dominated the news here in USA. It is disturbing how people try to smooch off whatever they can get from the worldwide publicity of Paris Hilton. First, there is the traffic judge and the prosecuting attorney who intervened instantly when Paris was let go by the Los Angeles County Sheriff, after serving only 5 days of her 45-day sentence. They were concerned about the ‘special treatment’ Paris was getting. (Actually, most jailed for non-violent crimes in L.A., serve less than 10% of their time in the jail). Within 24 hours, the judge had a court hearing, and announced his ruling with a press release to go with it to clarify things! Would this have happened for anyone else other than a celebrity like Paris Hilton? In short, the judge gave a special treatment to Paris Hilton to prevent her getting any special treatment. This is absurd. Next, there is the opportunist Al Sharpton, on T.V., trying to make this a case of injustice to Blacks. Of course there is MSM spending hours with news updates and live T.V. coverage, and comedians who are having a field day with Paris Hilton jokes. Everyone has an axe to grind (who would have heard of the lowly traffic judge in the L.A. before this?) And in the end, poor Paris Hilton is sent back to the jail to serve the full 45 days of the her sentence, instead of the previously agreed to 23 days -- as if she did something wrong by getting released early!