celebrity jailbirds

An odd moment on the Age website this afternoon - the front page completely dominated by celebrity jailbirds.

On the left, Melbourne’s own babyfaced-assassin, Carl Williams, and on the right, Paris Hilton complaining about her judge being “both cruel and unwarranted”.

It’s much easier to laugh about ms Hilton, as she’s marginally less likely to take a contract out on my *rse.

On those grounds, I would like to congratulate her on the use of the word “unwarranted” which has, count them, one - two - three -FOUR syllables. Incredible.

It’s not often you’ll hear me saying this, but I feel a bit sorry for Paris Hilton right now. I mean, look at it from her perspective, if you dare, her getting sent to prison doesn’t make any sense. For her entire life, the worse she’s acted, the more rich and famous she’s become.

Now she’s spending 45 days, or thereabouts, in jail, where it’s unlikely she’ll be able to screw billionaire Greek shipping heirs and the shopping will probably be fairly limited.

In the same vein, I’m not at all surprised Master Williams feels a bit aggrieved at the moment (reported comments: “Ah, get f***ed”).

In a way, he’s very much like Paris Hilton - bleach-blonde, gormless, completely lacking in intelligence, grace and savoir-faire, very unpleasant to be around. I don’t know if he’s ever been in a porn video on the Internet, but my hunch is, he wouldn’t mind.

Sure he killed a few people, but in terms of the total suffering perpetrated on global humanity, can that really compare with “Stars are blind”?

It’s an injustice I tells ya.