Just one more pretty face

Post to del.icio.us Was the world supposed to stop after she got out and appeared on the Larry King Live show?

Probably a quarter of the people in our community have been in jail and spent a lot more time there. Are they supposed to sympathize and identify with Paris Hilton now that she s been in the slammer? Bush bought a farm, but that doesn t make him a farmer.

Paris Hilton went to jail, but that doesn t make her a regular person. And it s very hard to commiserate with Paris when few of us are heiresses and heirs, and even fewer of us have made sex videos. We live the simple life in Oklahoma, but we don t live the stupid life well, except maybe for those who believe everything in The National Enquirer.

But God says we re not supposed to cast stones and perhaps I ve misjudged Paris. Maybe instead of being critical, I should put myself in her shoes for an hour and I would have a greater appreciation of her: Larry: So how do people perceive you? Just another pretty face in the newspaper.

Larry: So you feel people don t appreciate you for who you are? Gerard: No, Larry, reading what I write is like going to a Brad Pitt movie. You don t go for the content.

You go to look at Pitt. Larry: So you compare yourself to Brad Pitt? Gerard: Well, Larry, if the designer label fits .

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