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Paris isn't free -- and neither are we

Paris Hilton's strange celebrity hits a new nadir after Friday's chaotic perp walk. Will we ever be free from her now?
By Heather Havrilesky and Rebecca Traister

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  • Friday, June 8, 2007 10:44 PM

    Torture is relative, I guess.

    Not growing up in the US, I guess I was taught that we don't criminalize our citizens solely for political gain, nor jail people to make political points and placate a mob. We certainly don't put vulnerable, young women in solitary confinement for minor parole violations on minor regulatory infractions in the first place. You must all be proud to be Americans!

    —Harry Seldon Read Harry Seldon's other letters

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