Something has got to change

Okay, I'll admit I followed some of the news reports about Paris Hilton this week. I watched when I was home, but I didn't purposely seek out information online or on the television. I was interested to hear about why she was released ... and why the Sheriff wasn't taken into custody for deliberately disobeying the Judge's orders. I'm really interested to hear what this big "medical condition" is that warrants special privileges for Paris. It must be something that no other prisoner has ever experienced, you know, for them to consider her imprisonment such a danger with her health... poor Paris! (Yes, sarcasm is dripping thick here!)

I do feel a little bad for her. Honestly, who couldn't? Not for the celebrity Paris, but for the girl Paris - I'd be scared to death if I had to go to prison, so why wouldn't I show some compassion for someone else going under these circumstances (meaning she's not a rough & tough cold-blooded murderer, just someone who constantly makes bad decisions)? Yes, she does deserve a jail sentence. There are laws and she broke them. And broke them. And broke them.

THAT is what I have a huge problem with here. Media members rushing the Sheriff's car during Paris's ordeal. Media following on foot and in vehicles and in helicopters as the officials transport Paris. On TMZ.com yesterday, they said this about the paparazzi: "A few weeks ago, it was only a few guys with cameras. Now Paris Hilton's pad is under constant surveillance from just about every major media network on the planet! Chaos in West Hollywood! No fewer than five news choppers are circling the skies, an armada of news vans lines the streets, while platoons of camera-wielding photogs stand at the gates of the where Paris is currently holed up -- waiting for the L.A. Sheriff's Dept. to escort the ankle-braceleted heiress back to court -- where she might be told that her get outta jail free card has been revoked." Can you believe that? NO FEWER THAN FIVE NEWS CHOPPERS are circling the skies above her home? Um... shouldn't there be some type of law against that? What about the potential danger that poses to everyone below? Could you just imagine... what if someone was too busy looking for a Paris sighting and fumbled the controls, launching their chopper into one nearby? And with the tons of media personnel below...? That's scary. I even heard one news reporter liken this to the "Bronco chase" from the O.J. Simpson trial... come on!

I really feel this need for news needs some serious laws. Laws against stalking the celebrities like they do. Laws against having multiple choppers hovering over their homes. Laws against being too close to the authorities' vehicles. Laws... just laws! There needs to be some rules to help protect everyone involved, including the obsessed paparazzi literally willing to die to be the one with the first hot photo of the subject in pursuit. This has gotten so way out of hand. Something really has got to change.