Paris Hilton on David Letterman: A Lost Opportunity to be a Role Model

Paris Hilton was recently on The Late Show with David Letterman. At the time of this blog post, one clip of her appearance on David Letterman's show on youtube.com has garnered some three million hits. Many people are watching her show, but none are getting the benefit of her experience behind bars. As you'll recall, she was sent to be in the care and custody of Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca as a result of Paris' driver's license "indiscretion."

I have created a video response to her appearance (which you can watch here on Blogger). I have also uploaded my video to a variety of locations on the Internet including youtube.com, myspace.com, facebook.com, aolvideo.com, googlevideo.com, yahoovideo.com.



My video laments the fact that Paris Hilton throws away an opportunity to be a role model for millions of young women (and young men). Her brush with the law and stint in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Jail is a perfect springboard for her to showcase mistakes in judgment and the road to justice.

Letterman keeps bringing it back to the topic of jail and the justice system, but Paris Hilton has no part of it. He points out correctly that she could have a legacy of teaching millions from her mistake. For example, she could hammer at the point of having a designated river in a way that is lost when any but Paris would do it.



In addition to pointing all of this out and agreeing with David Letterman, I call on viewers of my video to let their voice be heard and comment on whether Paris Hilton should have taken the opportunity to be a positive force and run with it.



You can watch the video below: