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• Wednesday, December 26, 2007 05:23 AM

  There is a line, somewhere

  A lot of the time, when the papparazzi see a celebrity somewhere and generate lots of material for the blogs and TV shows and magazines, its because said celebrity went to where the papparazzi are. Britney and Lindsay and Paris may get followed around, because they are guaranteed to do something stupid if you wait long enough, but for the most part the celebrities do seek this kind of attention out. There really are more than 3 restaurants in LA.

  Mostly, I think this is the result (or maybe the cause) of fame without a corresponding amount of talent. When's the last time you saw Kevin Spacey or Meryl Streep on one of these dumbass shows? People with talent don't need publicity to get work. Paris Hilton wouldn't exist without it. Neither would Britney or Lindsay.

  Harrassing people who are doing nothing more than trying to get something to eat is ridiculous, no matter what they have chosen to do for a living, and it should be made against the law. Simply by prohibiting someone from profiting from the sale of a photo taken without permission we would raise the national IQ by 15 points.

  If these so-called "reporters" would invest half the energy they spend informing us about what people of no real consequence do in their free time into informing us about what elected and appointed officials do while they are at work, this would be a much better place to live.

  —mattwa33186 Read mattwa33186's other letters
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