Justifiable Schadenfreude
The term schadenfreude means ‘shameful joy’, often referring to when a person takes unnecessary and often sadistic pleasure in the suffering and misery of others. It’s negative and not something one likes to be associated with but there are times when it can be justifiable in certain circumstances. One such would be when a celebrity is treated like a common class citizen and is forced to wear their drab state-issued prison garments and forced to serve their full term.
There is nothing more insulting to the justice system than witnessing a spoiled little brat with the intelligence factor of a one-track mind gnat thinking she is an “inspiration” to people and brings joy to their “mundane lives” as a justification for not serving a short jail term for breaking the terms of her probation after being slapped with a DUI.
The rules of life are simple honey, you drive three sheets to the wind, your already dense vacuous waste of a mind inebriated by a plethora of alcoholic substances and you’re already driving on a suspended license, you’re going to get your ass thrown behind bars. If you were an average no-name girl, no one would give a flying rat’s ass about your little pathetic life being disrupted by having to give up the high life of being a socialite to serve one’s time for flouting the laws of the road.
Bawl, cry, bemoan, sob, lament… you can act as childish and as infantile as you want and it’ll only prove the the judge the need for you to do some real time behind bars. The judge has heard it all and crying only makes the judge irritated. He has a long day and the last thing he wants is for some mentally deficient blond wasting his time about why “undisclosed medical condition” is grounds to let her “serve” her sentence in the comfort an luxury of her Hollywood home wearing a monitoring device.
Grieve, deplore, regret… about how it’s “It’s not right!” but it won’t change that your actions are inexcusable and a legitimate danger to those who use the roads. What isn’t right is the rich and famous buying their way out of jail while the rest of us are forced to do hard time. You’re no better than the rest of us and you’re no role model. You’re the worse example of what a woman can be and do; you’re an example of what’s wrong with society.
Judge orders Paris Hilton back to jail
‘Hysterial’ Paris back in jail
What is right with this society is judges like Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer.
“I at no time condoned the actions of the sheriff and at no time told him I approved the actions. At no time did I approve the defendant being released from custody to her home.”
The judge has a good head on his shoulders and knows what the public wants. The public doesn’t want someone freed simply because they’re a celebrity. The public wants to see people punished equally before the eyes of the law; they want their streets to be free from drunk drivers. They want to know that the justice system treats all criminals equally and is a true deterrent to prevent crimes from happening.
Judge Sauer passed down what was a fair sentence give that Hilton was caught on two separate occasions driving with a suspended license after being slapped with a standard DUI.
“The defendant is remanded to county jail to serve the remainder of her 45-day sentence. This order is forthwith.”
The judge’s role in the system is to interpret the law using his/her legal expertise and weighing the evidence as presented by the Crown Prosecution versus the Defence. Take into account the mitigating versus the aggravating factors as well any surrounding circumstances to make a judgement that best suits the nature of the crime. And Judge Sauer has done just that. He studied the evidence, heard the two sides and ruled in favour of the Crown Prosecution.
A DUI and breaking probation, thus endangering others is more than enough justifiable grounds on which to send a person to prison and if the person was your average Joe-blo Nobody, he’d have been given the full term, but with a condition that he be released early pending good behaviour.
The sheriff’s job is not to interpret the law; it’s to watch over society’s degenerates that at shipped in by the dozen.
His job is to keep the peace, keep the criminals at bay and treat them like the rejects they are. They broke the law, they’re to be treated like the immature children they are.
The sheriff does not have the jurisdiction to determine if someone should or shouldn’t fulfil their sentence.
Most are decent people but some individuals, like the morally bankrupt and corrupt Sheriff Lee Baca overstep their position and abuse their power, utilising their position to cater to those who can ‘pay’ and play favourites with those who are of influence. These kind of actions erode confience in the justice system and others have taken notice.
With people like this in the position of authority, is it any wonder why the system can’t be a deterrent if the guard can be bought off by a rich and famous two-bit socialite whose only real accomplishment in life is starring in a badly lit p0rn flick?
Justice has been served. Your name will not get you out.
Stumble It!
