Oh dear...

[badgersprite]

My word. I do shake my head at how apolitical our society has become. Think about it; every time someone signs a petition for a celebrity to get out of jail, and be treated differently from us ordinary folk, they are willingly agreeing that we should live in a society where nobles and notables should have advantages over us, and be given special privileges.

...Didn't we fight wars in the past to stop that kind of bullshit from flying? Anyone ever hear of The French Revolution? The Declaration of the Rights of Man? The Magna Carta? The Russian Revolution? The American Revolution and the Civil War?

All this goes to prove to me that democracy really will be crushed under the stroke of a pen some day. Our society doesn't even seem to realise what it's doing to itself. It's sad.

 

[WanderingFool]

Neither. They should be treated based upon their crime and nothing else. They are just people like everyone else no matter how many people know their name or how much money they have, and they should be treated as such.

I agree with this...

 

[Umwerfer]

A celebrity should be treated the same as everyone else. Just because they are richer or more well known than somebody else doesn't make them above the law.

Agreed...but he is a rapper... so I say we give him a good thrashing, some community service, boot-camp, a boot, and send him to a remote arctic fishing village without any sort of connection to the outside world. There he won't be a bad role-model for kids, and he damage my ears any further.

That's one way to deal with it, but giving our own problem to a bunch of innocent fishermen won't solve anything either. That's enough of a shock to possibly destroy the whole village.

good point, what about sending him to to a remote arctic village, without the 'village'-bit?

 

[Mcface]

In all honesty, I was going to say that....but I figured it would be too harsh >>

But yes, if anything, they should be made an example of with even harsher sentences.

Society needs to make an example, and no better example can be made than of celebrities, especially when so many of them and their fans think they're above the law.

I seem to recall Lindsay Lohan was caught with cocaine and was out of jail in under 72 hours. If that was any member of society who wasn't famous, they would be in there for at the very least a year. I can't stand the pedestal people put celebrities on, and as such deserve harsher punishments.

Good God, I would be a horrible leader.

So just because someone has a fan base, they should be put in jail longer than the average guy? yeeeeah. no.

OT: It shouldn't even play a factor. Same sentence as anyone else. The answer to this should be obvious. We live in a place where everyone is considered an equal in the eyes of the law, and that's how it should be. Even though, currently, it's not.

The case of that one wrestles son comes to mind.. who was drunk, and street racing. he crashed and pretty much killed his friend in the passenger seat. If I had done that, i would probably be in jail for life. He only got a few months. It's bs.

 

[Rune342]

A celebrity should be treated the same as everyone else. Just because they are richer or more well known than somebody else doesn't make them above the law.

Agreed...but he is a rapper... so I say we give him a good thrashing, some community service, boot-camp, a boot, and send him to a remote arctic fishing village without any sort of connection to the outside world. There he won't be a bad role-model for kids, and he damage my ears any further.

That's one way to deal with it, but giving our own problem to a bunch of innocent fishermen won't solve anything either. That's enough of a shock to possibly destroy the whole village.

good point, what about sending him to to a remote arctic village, without the 'village'-bit?

That should work, anything left to hear him would be likely to just eat him.

 

[Umwerfer]

A celebrity should be treated the same as everyone else. Just because they are richer or more well known than somebody else doesn't make them above the law.

Agreed...but he is a rapper... so I say we give him a good thrashing, some community service, boot-camp, a boot, and send him to a remote arctic fishing village without any sort of connection to the outside world. There he won't be a bad role-model for kids, and he damage my ears any further.

That's one way to deal with it, but giving our own problem to a bunch of innocent fishermen won't solve anything either. That's enough of a shock to possibly destroy the whole village.

good point, what about sending him to to a remote arctic village, without the 'village'-bit?

That should work, anything left to hear him would be likely to just eat him.

go go baby seals! XD

 

[Rune342]

A celebrity should be treated the same as everyone else. Just because they are richer or more well known than somebody else doesn't make them above the law.

Agreed...but he is a rapper... so I say we give him a good thrashing, some community service, boot-camp, a boot, and send him to a remote arctic fishing village without any sort of connection to the outside world. There he won't be a bad role-model for kids, and he damage my ears any further.

That's one way to deal with it, but giving our own problem to a bunch of innocent fishermen won't solve anything either. That's enough of a shock to possibly destroy the whole village.

good point, what about sending him to to a remote arctic village, without the 'village'-bit?

That should work, anything left to hear him would be likely to just eat him.

go go baby seals! XD

Have you ever seen a pack of baby seals hunting? They surround their prey and then slap it to death from all directions.

 

[EeveeElectro]

Do they fuck, but they can pay the bail, don't forget.
Gary Glitter should be locked up in prison, but he's roaming free.
It's like what Simon Amstrell said, "It's good to see everyone has forgotten what a violent thug Cheryl Cole is."

 

[spartan231490]

"equality before the law" it's in the 14th? ammendment. no sentence modification at all.

 

[Umwerfer]

A celebrity should be treated the same as everyone else. Just because they are richer or more well known than somebody else doesn't make them above the law.

Agreed...but he is a rapper... so I say we give him a good thrashing, some community service, boot-camp, a boot, and send him to a remote arctic fishing village without any sort of connection to the outside world. There he won't be a bad role-model for kids, and he damage my ears any further.

That's one way to deal with it, but giving our own problem to a bunch of innocent fishermen won't solve anything either. That's enough of a shock to possibly destroy the whole village.

good point, what about sending him to to a remote arctic village, without the 'village'-bit?

That should work, anything left to hear him would be likely to just eat him.

go go baby seals! XD

Have you ever seen a pack of baby seals hunting? They surround their prey and then slap it to death from all directions.

Death by small puppy-eyed monsters slapping away at your ankles...the horror XD

 

[superbatranger]

Celebrities should not be given special treatment. If they commit a crime, they should do the same amount of time as any other person who did the same thing.

 

[Padwolf]

They deserve to be sentenced the same as everyone else, their status should not have an affect on their punishment, they should not be held above the law

 

[Sneaky llama]

Neither. They should be treated based upon their crime and nothing else. They are just people like everyone else no matter how many people know their name or how much money they have, and they should be treated as such.

I completely agree they are just people. The law should be blind to fame, popularity etc.