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Saturday, June 9, 2007 12:00 AM

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?

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  • Saturday, June 9, 2007 02:52 AM

    What do you call this? Greek comeuppance.

    Not tragedy. The only tragic consequence of any consequence is this: we're spending an unbelievable amount of time worrried about the emotional life of an annoying, unattractive multimillionaire heiress.

    The tragedy is our society, hooked on the trashy musings of unscrupulous press giants about how hot celebrities are, but how evil they become, and how we have to treat them as the Greek gods treated humanity.

    I hope she can come to emotional maturity and find something useful to do with her life. And she does have to find her sobriety. Other than that, get lost.

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