Okay, we know, it's a stunt the Exies are pulling to get themselves in the paper and we're falling for it, but we can't help but laugh at their idea - the Keep Paris Hilton In Jail campaign.
The Californian metal band have used their MySpace page to launch the campaign following news that the hotel heiress may just have her sentence cut in half due to prison "overcrowding"."Paris is nothing more than a glorified internet-porn star who has gotten a free ride from the media," says singer Scott Stevens. "She has absolutely no discernible talent other than that of self-promotion, and shouldn't receive privileged treatment in this case, in which she's quite obviously broken the law and deserves to serve the punishment she's been sentenced to. People like John Mayer, Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson have real talent. Paris Hilton's only talent is to draw attention to herself and away from real artists."
"It was the N.Y. Times giving this topic coverage that made us mad as hell," continues Stevens. "When even respectable papers like the N.Y. Times start giving coverage to this farce, it's time for the artist community and those that support us to stand up and say 'enough.' We hope that our support of the on-line petition to demand that she not be let off delivers a message to the media that it's time for everyone to come to their senses and stop obsessing about someone as irrelevant as Paris Hilton."
Hilton was caught last year drink-driving and was sentenced to 36 months probation and told to enroll in an alcohol education program, of which she never did.
Last week she was caught driving at 70mph in a 35mph zone, which put her in violation of her probation and was sentenced to 45 days in jail.
There is a petition already in circulation to free Paris Hilton, which states, "We, the American public who support Paris, are shocked, dismayed and appalled by how Paris has been the person to be used as an example that Drunk Driving is wrong. We do not support drunk driving or DUI charges. Paris should have been sober. But she shouldn't go to jail, either."
At the time of writing, the Free Paris petition had 26,476 signatures, while the Jail Paris petition had 66,519 signatures.
If you want to sign the Jail Paris petition, click here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/jailparishilton/index.html
If you want to sign the Free Paris petition, click here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/PH21781/index.html
