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I cannot believe that I'm going to write about the whole Paris Hilton thing but something I read last night caught my attention. . .and aggravated me. A fan of Paris actually had the audacity to say that Paris is America's Princess Di. WTF?

The tabloids and online sources have been obsessed with Paris having to go to jail ever since the sentence was handed down--from her reaction and efforts in trying to stay out of jail to her checking into jail to her time in jail and to her temporary break from jail. I might be dating myself and if I am, I really don't care, but who is Paris Hilton anyway? From what I can gather and granted, all I know about her is what I hear on the Katt's morning show-biz news, is that she's a hotel heiress and appears with Nichole Ritchie on some show. I equate her with the likes of Brittany Spears and Lindsey Lohan--when they start falling off the radar, they do something outrageous to get attention. For the record--this is all my own opinion.

For that fan to say that Paris is America's Princess Di--I'm astounded that he could think that. Princess Di did work that benefitted those who were less fortunate--Paris parties. This summer marks 10 years since Princess Di's tragic death and I remember feeling sick hearing the news. She's a woman people still talk about and still miss. God forbid anything like that happen to Paris but the world would not feel the loss like they did when Princess Di passed on. Princess Di was a woman the world respected--Paris is a woman that is probably not known world-wide and most who do know her, either laugh at her or think she's a train wreck waiting to happen.

What Paris does represent is a disturbing trend in today's youth--the inability to accept the consequences of one's actions. It seems like more and more "kids" think they can do whatever they want and mommy and daddy will bail them out of the trouble they find themselves in. Too many parents nowadays are not parenting their kids, not spending time with their kids and make up for it by letting them get away with everything and when these "kids" venture out into the adult world, they are in for a rude awakening because the world doesn't work like that. Paris left the court room crying yesterday and screaming that "It's not fair." and in a weird way, she's right. It wasn't fair for her to be raised in such a way that she doesn't understand that negative actions have negative consequences and that one has to accept the responsibility of such actions. It wasn't fair that she was probably not told, "If you do stuff like that, here's what is going to happen and don't be calling me to bail you out when it does." My parents told me early on in high school--"Don't even bother calling us if you wind up in jail because we're not going to come and get you--you can just sit there and learn from your mistake." I was told no, I was punished when I broke the rules and I accepted the consequences when I did. There are too many kids like Paris in the world who don't know how to do that.

Perhaps if celebrity-obsessed Americans would start parenting their kids, we wouldn't be seeing "Liberate Paris" t-shirts in the malls (and yes, I saw a shirt saying that in the mall in Nashville last weekend) or perhaps said t-shirt could take on a new meaning--liberate her from the way she was raised so she can become a responsible adult.

Until next time.