I was just thinking how celebrities in NY are given so much respect by Hollywood actors because they live in NY. One thing that sets New Yorker's apart is that even if they are raging alcoholics, like so many of our Hollywood actors, they probably aren't going to hurt anybody because they can take taxi's and public transport, or heh, just walk home. That our boozers insist on jumping behind the wheel for an In and Out Burger has a lot to do with how we live out here. What's a neighborhood? If I got a DUI and couldn't use my car for three months I'd be okay for some things, but I'd sorely miss healthy, organic food.
And in that moneyed world where the law doesn't seem to matter because someone can easily pay for their law breaking activities (you know, that motivation that keeps most of us law abiding--we don't want to pay that fine or that ticket), whoops! Don't forget there is JAIL. Paris proves that their lawyer can't save them from a ticked off judge. So Hollywood Boozers and your lawyers, take heed.
And on a cultural note, when my friend got a DUI in her early 20s, she was appauled and so was her family; everyone treated it like a huge mistake. Thus, her situation never got to the point where her mom was complaining that tax payer money was being wasted on her daughter going to jail. Perhaps her mom was saying that the money would be better spent on rehab, but I somehow doubt that.
Good to know that serious mistakes can't always be washed away with money for the wealthy and powerful; for their sake and ours.
A message from my nearly 2 year old:
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