I don't think that racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, or bigoted thoughts really belong in a civilized and enlightened society. However, there are currently no thought police patrolling our brainwaves so we can all think whatever we want. Problems start when negative or insensitive thoughts somehow make their way through our brains and spew out of our mouths. If you have been cultivating negative sweeping generalizations that describe any group of people do yourself and your career a huge favor and never let those thoughts become words. But if you do, for heavens sake, don't write them down, tape record them, or videotape yourself saying awful things.

Don't document nasty thoughts in general. One time when I was a teenager my mother got ahold of my diary. She read it and proceeded to interrogate me and later punish me for some stuff she read. Needless to say she never should have read it in the first place. But, I learned a valuable lesson: don't write anything that you wouldn't share with the world. I quit keeping a diary and learned to keep my thoughts and dirty little teen aged secrets to myself.

We live in a world of tell-all books, reality shows, and too much information on TV. Just because celebrities share all of their thoughts doesn't mean that it's a good idea. Danny Bonaduce, star of VH-1's show called Breaking Bonaduce, lost his job as a DJ at a radio station after his bosses got wind of his crazy and self destructive antics. Michael Richards probably can't get a gig anywhere after his racist rant at a comedy club in LA. Isaiah Washington from Grey's Anatomy was sent to some kind of rehab for using an anti-gay term in public. And even Nicky Hilton, the less skanky half of the Hilton sisters, may lose an endorsement deal with a Florida hotel after the investors saw Paris's video in which Nicky is amused by her sister's ravings.

Paris Exposed is a website which offers Paris's private diaries, sex tapes, and other bizarre personal videos that she was too dumb to take with her when she moved. Her attorneys have managed to temporarily shut the site down but millions of people have read her diaries and seen these tapes. If she has any sense at all she won't record anymore of her "thoughts" or actions. If I were in her shoes I would just move to another country. Like Nepal or outer Mongolia.

Be careful what you say. Be even more careful what you write. And be most careful of what you put on film. Your words can hurt someone else and if they do, those words will also wind up hurting you.

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