Spitting Into the Wind

I just signed a petition to jail Paris Hilton. This petition asks Governor Schwarzenegger to ignore other petitions asking for clemency and show the people of California that no one is above the law. This petition asks that Governor Schwarzenegger do everything in his power to ensure that Paris Hilton serve her full 45 day sentence.

For as long as she has been in the public spotlight, Paris Hilton has knowingly and willingly broken the law, and her actions have gotten more and more brazen over the last few years. Her actions indicate that she feels the law doesn't apply to her as she has repeatedly flaunted the law in full view of witnesses, often paparazzi and camera crews.

The petition so far has 51,00 signatures, and rising by the minute. That is an awful lot of anti-Paris Hilton people. Most of those 50,000+ people have left comments on the site and they make good reading, with lots of reasons why they think she should be locked up.

None of us "ordinary folk" would get away with anything like Paris has. I agree that she should do the time like anybody else, and that she thinks she is above the law. One petitioner wrote:

Keep the woman in jail. I want to see her serve the entire thing so that other people see that celebrities don't get treated better. I only wish California was a 2 strikes (instead of 3 strikes) state. Then she would be in jail for life, and we wouldn't have to deal with her constant complaining and whoring!

Only 22,006 people have signed a petition to free Paris.

Update: The New York Post ran a poll asking for viewers to vote on this topic. Here's the results: