Hypocrisy Sucks

read today that Courtney Love is being chrged with felony possession of prescription pain killers...while i am no fan of hers in any way, this really pissed me off...first is why she is being charged and Rush (i'm a hypocritical bastard) Limbaugh is not...then i got annoyed that while she rated only a couple of paragraphs on an inside page, fatboy was front page for days...then the thing that really did it was the fact that he gets sympathy, both from the public and the media, she is getting only scorn...they are both assholes who talk too much, and bask in public attention, good or bad, so why is one treated differently than the other...seems we have different standards of justice, legality and sympathy, based on social standing, and wealth...no surprise there really, but it bothers me a lot...we are supposed to be equal under the law in this country...more importantly the media needs to stop treating people having the same problem the same, instead of acting as if it is different based on social standing, income, or political views...addiction to pain killers is addiction to pain killers, whether you are Rush, Courtney, or the thousands of others who rate no mention, because they aren't famous....it's a sad thing in every instance and every person suffering from it, or similar problems is equally deserving of our pity/sympathy/help/contempt/indifference...personally i feel that help and understanding will do more to solve addiction, than incarceration and scorn, but that's me...whatever it is gonna be then it should be the same for everyone, not help for some and jail for others.