I have skipped about 300 messages but I have to say something more about my beloved Paris Hilton. A lot of you have said things like "she hasn't done anything to deserve her fame," as though fame is something that should be granted only to people who have done something "worthy," but that's not how fame works. Someone is famous if people pay attention to her and want to hear more about her. It's not her "fault" she's famous; it turns out that despite the fact that she isn't an actress or a singer or a writer or whatever, people enjoy paying attention to her. She's the object of people's attention, therefore she's famous. It's not like fame comes first, then people have to pay attentionl, you know?
To believe that fame is something to be given (by whom?) only to the "deserving" is to doom yourself to a lifetime of frustration, not to mention anger at people like Paris, who seems harmless to me.
End of rant.