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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21949049-5005961,00.html

"I'm so much more grateful for everything that I have, even just to have a pillow at night or food or anything," said Hilton, who is being held at Los Angeles spartan Century Regional Correctional Facility.

wow, it's so sad that they don't feed her in prison.


and to turn the topic away from the heiress......

have you ever had an experience that changed your outlook on life? did it change for the better or for the worse?

Everyone must have changed their outlook on life at some point. I'd be very surprised if you could go through life without having many many experiences which change you, even if just slightly

All I can say is this - my only problem with Paris' sentence is that it isn't "life in prison without parole."

I was always against marriage, until I met someone I wanted to commit to, and was always against having children until we were lucky enough to have one (one is enough though!). Life always seems to throw things at you to give you the chance to change - it is up to the individual to take the chances.
I think Ms Hilton has underlined her shallowness if pillow fights were high up on the list of things she missed in prision though.

I think Ms Hilton has underlined her shallowness if pillow fights were high up on the list of things she missed in prision though.

She doesn't say "pillow fights" she says "pillow at night"

For some reason I read it that way too

She doesn't say "pillow fights" she says "pillow at night"

For some reason I read it that way too

I did the first couple of times too (reader bias I suppose)

although........she still comes off as a spoiled brat in the story.

All I can say is this - my only problem with Paris' sentence is that it isn't "life in prison without parole."

QFT.

I spent a week on the funny farm, It changed my view... Then I spent a week on the funny farm.

I did the first couple of times too (reader bias I suppose)

although........she still comes off as a spoiled brat in the story.

Heh, I read it correctly myself though she really is quite irritating. Pretentious as well, if that isn't an understatement.

Ugh. I knew I shouldn't have looked at this thread.

Ugh. I knew I shouldn't have looked at this thread.

I don't care how much you defend her, what she said deserves nothing but a roll of the eyes.

Ugh. I knew I shouldn't have looked at this thread.

*kicks*

can't say thats ever happened to me

but i wish the media would stop telling us about Paris, it's getting so annoying

Paris who?

All I can say is this - my only problem with Paris' sentence is that it isn't "life in prison without parole."

Putting kids in prison, life sentences for parole violations, etc

Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed :p

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WHY IS THIS IN THE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's just like that damn Anna Nicole Smith BS...I don't fucking care about celebrities!!!!!!

I did the first couple of times too (reader bias I suppose)

although........she still comes off as a spoiled brat in the story.

Its all relative. Compared to me she's spoiled and compared to others I am

And here I was thinking that the city had started speaking. *sigh*

Poor ickle Paris. My heart just bleeds for her. I am confused as to why she wasn't able to walk through the bars though....

Personally, I must confess I both have and haven't, insofar as the positive effect of said event was negated by what followed, and restored me to my cynical, pessimistic, self-abosorbed self.:(

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21949049-5005961,00.html

Ha! Ha ha! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

*reaches across cyberspace to slap Paris*

and to turn the topic away from the heiress......

have you ever had an experience that changed your outlook on life? did it change for the better or for the worse?

After I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, and especially after my hospitalizations and procedures, I have a much better appreciation for what's important in life.

Good health, and good friends and family to see you through bad health, are what really matter. It actually kind of pisses me off when I see people my age bitching and moaning about EVERYTHING.

I'd actually go so far as to say my experience with illness has made me a better person. I wouldn't trade my experiences for anything! :D















...Oh, but ABSOLUTELY, if someone could find a cure soon, that would be great! :p

Putting kids in prison, life sentences for parole violations, etc

Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed :p

"Kids"?

Dude, how old's she got to be to be an adult? 42?

Paris who?

I think I'll adopt this policy too. :)

Why the F&@* is this news?

The fact that I know that people pay attention to stories like these keeps on stomping out any hope for humanity that I may have.

I did the first couple of times too (reader bias I suppose)

although........she still comes off as a spoiled brat in the story.

yes, a woman in prison says she looks forward to being in her own home, with her own posessions, eatting her own food, and spending it with her family and friends.

How oh so spoiled, after all, only a ungrateful twit would do such things as miss her home and her family when she's in jail.

What a bitch :rolleyes:

I can think of two things that changed my outlook on life.

Spending a month in Argentina living up mountains, and out in the middle of nowhere, led me to realise that I really didn't need half the stuff I owned, but at the same time made me more grateful for having it, and stopped taking it for granted.

Then two weeks volunteering in a dingy orphanage in Romania did the same thing, but to a much larger scale. It's led me to be very much not a materialistic person; while I like having things, I really wouldn't be that bothered if I didn't.

didn't Paris learn all this when she did simple life (?)

as for me well there is the whole military thing, apparently I'm a mature adult now :p, I should also add the internet since it both ruins and educates my life

I can think of two things that changed my outlook on life.

Spending a month in Argentina living up mountains, and out in the middle of nowhere, led me to realise that I really didn't need half the stuff I owned, but at the same time made me more grateful for having it, and stopped taking it for granted.

Then two weeks volunteering in a dingy orphanage in Romania did the same thing, but to a much larger scale. It's led me to be very much not a materialistic person; while I like having things, I really wouldn't be that bothered if I didn't.

Thats true about Romania from what I hear - very poor in many parts.

Personally, I've never been rich, but never very poor, so I've never really seen the worst parts of poverty. I've seen a good deal in travel, but I can't say I've ever *lived* it.

yes, a woman in prison says she looks forward to being in her own home, with her own posessions, eatting her own food, and spending it with her family and friends.

How oh so spoiled, after all, only a ungrateful twit would do such things as miss her home and her family when she's in jail.

What a bitch :rolleyes:

Paris tells Ryan Seacrest from behind bars that she appreciates the little things, "even just to have a pillow at night or food," and that her "gratitude has gone up so much." But she can't quite believe that they won't let her "give my dad a big hug" and that they have to embrace through glass because, she says, "I'm not a criminal."

yeah, she's not a criminal, she didn't even break the law, that's why they locked her up for no reason. :rolleyes:

have you ever had an experience that changed your outlook on life? did it change for the better or for the worse? [/B]

Moved from Northern Europe to South America. It was either change my outlook, bases for evaluation, language, culture and tastes or fail miserably.

As I am quite happy, I guess I changed.

Now, how am I supposed to judge whether it is better or worse? On what criteria? It is different, it works here, it wouldn't work there. But then again my outlook there would not have worked here.

yeah, she's not a criminal, she didn't even break the law, that's why they locked her up for no reason. :rolleyes:

yes, again, because only a stuck up heress would ever say something like that, and not like, every other person who has ever spent time in jail.

She misses her family, misses her home, and misses her freedom, what a stuck up brat! Next time I get a letter from my brother when he tells me he can't wait to get out and see his family and friends again, I'll let him know that he's just being a whiney little bitch.

Forgive me for not buying into such hyper schadenfreuden that I feel the need to denigrate someone who has the audacity to suggest that she doesn't like being in jail.

yes, again, because only a stuck up heress would ever say something like that, and not like, every other person who has ever spent time in jail.

She misses her family, misses her home, and misses her freedom, what a stuck up brat! Next time I get a letter from my brother when he tells me he can't wait to get out and see his family and friends again, I'll let him know that he's just being a whiney little bitch.

Forgive me for not buying into such hyper schadenfreuden that I feel the need to denigrate someone who has the audacity to suggest that she doesn't like being in jail.

I think it's the 'half-dozen days in a private cell with no cellmate' treatment that irks people, when she complains. She's treated as a high-risk, her personal safety is never in jeopardy, and she serves a grand total of a week or so - not exactly an ordeal. ;)

I think it's the 'half-dozen days in a private cell with no cellmate' treatment that irks people, when she complains. She's treated as a high-risk, her personal safety is never in jeopardy, and she serves a grand total of a week or so - not exactly an ordeal. ;)

you ever do it?

you ever do it?

I've had *cough* "run-ins" that were probably more stressful than hers, no question. I've at least been detained with other people, rather than transported Hannibal Lector-like to ensure that not one hair on my head was out of place at the end of the day. :p I have a brother who's been in prison for seven years, the last two and change for a parole violation that was a technicality (someone else in the same house had contraband, unbeknownst to him). So I'm at least sympathetic to the average prisoner, where the crime was non-violent. You'd think celebrities would at least acknowledge that they get special benefits and treatment. A nitpick on a trivial story, but that's what it is. :p

I've had *cough* "run-ins" that were probably more stressful than hers, no question. I've at least been detained with other people, rather than transported Hannibal Lector-like to ensure that not one hair on my head was out of place at the end of the day. :p

Paris Lector: "Oh and Senator... love the suit."

you ever do it?

I was only in jail for 90 days, and I was in a cell with 3 other women, and I didn't get any special treatment, I did get my ass kicked and they gave me a bandaid for a gash on my head and told me to "learn to keep your mouth shut".

I can't imagine how horrible it is for Paris though.

Paris Lector: "Oh and Senator... love the suit."

Hehe. Now there's a photoshop project waiting to happen. :p

Moving to Alberta changed my outlook on Alberta. I always had a "It's not that bad" attitude about Alberta. After living here for some time, I have come to realize that it is that bad, and sometimes worse. It really made me appreciate Quebec.

I was only in jail for 90 days, and I was in a cell with 3 other women, and I didn't get any special treatment, I did get my ass kicked and they gave me a bandaid for a gash on my head and told me to "learn to keep your mouth shut".

I can't imagine how horrible it is for Paris though.

I thought they had her in isolation. :confused:

I thought they had her in isolation. :confused:

they do.

I thought they had her in isolation. :confused:

Isolation might be worse than being in the general population on a 30-year timescale, but I doubt anyone's ever gone stir-crazy in a week. :p I think she'd be the first and only reported case.

I know I've had life-altering experiences, but all I can think of are the books that have changed my outlook. Probably Kurt Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions" did the most for that.

"Kids"?

Dude, how old's she got to be to be an adult? 42?

You're missing my reference

You're missing my reference

So clue us in! :)

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21949049-5005961,00.html



wow, it's so sad that they don't feed her in prison.


and to turn the topic away from the heiress......

have you ever had an experience that changed your outlook on life? did it change for the better or for the worse?

Paris Hilton - poor baby!

On my 28th birthday, my husband left me. We were pretty much on the skids anyway, and I expected that he would leave me. I was, in fact, doing everything I could to encourage it short of pointing a gun at him and kicking him out. What I didn't realize at the time was how much I depended on him for little things like food, shelter and clothing - I was, at the time, a stay-at-home mom with two kids under three. It was a massive wake-up call. I had to go on welfare and finish my education. I learned that I did not want to stay on welfare. I learned how to support myself and my kids; essentially, I grew up. Thirty two years later, looking back, it was exactly what I needed. I wouldn't change anything that happened or that I did (well, maybe a couple of little things). But, I'm a better person for it and I wouldn't want to be anyone but who I am and anywhere but where I am.

Paris Hilton - poor baby!

On my 28th birthday, my husband left me. We were pretty much on the skids anyway, and I expected that he would leave me. I was, in fact, doing everything I could to encourage it short of pointing a gun at him and kicking him out. What I didn't realize at the time was how much I depended on him for little things like food, shelter and clothing - I was, at the time, a stay-at-home mom with two kids under three. It was a massive wake-up call. I had to go on welfare and finish my education. I learned that I did not want to stay on welfare. I learned how to support myself and my kids; essentially, I grew up. Thirty two years later, looking back, it was exactly what I needed. I wouldn't change anything that happened or that I did (well, maybe a couple of little things). But, I'm a better person for it and I wouldn't want to be anyone but who I am and anywhere but where I am.

Woah - there's adults around this forum? :p Really though, that sounds pretty rough - a lot of people I know would've given up without much effort.

Woah - there's adults around this forum? :p

The majority of people here are adults. I think that most are within the 18-40 range, but there are quite a few who are older than that.

So clue us in! :)

Its an inter-thread thing between the thread on the parents taken to court because of their childrens noise, and this

Its an inter-thread thing between the thread on the parents taken to court because of their childrens noise, and this

Aha, okay then. ;)