Paris Hilton Released from Jail? Could Not Care Less
Once again, Salon is a lone voice of sanity in what can only be described as our culture's celebrity fetish. (You'll need to watch an advertisement, but the article is worth it.)
While much of America was getting its panties in a fist-size knot over Paris' lack of panties, there were plenty of other things we might have paid attention to. Lookie! The Iraq war! Presto! The "ongoing investigations" of atrocious, illegal acts committed at the highest levels of government! Instead, we are engaging in our new favorite dysfunctional love-hate relationship: Public stoning of the celebrity hooker.
Thanks to Cintra Wilson for her perspicacity. May we learn to pay attention to things that are truly important.