TMZ.com is reporting Friday night that Paris Hilton will be freed from jail on Tuesday. This means, of course, that war in Iraq will end and global hunger will be alleviated.

The world will again be right.

However, before we collectively vomit in our pop culture mouths again at the thought of mass news coverage of a non-news event, allow me to suggest the possibility that we should be pulling for Paris, in general.

First, legal experts confirmed that the socialite actually spent more time in jail for her offense than the average offender, given the same circumstance. Way more. I'm not going to bat for the woman, really, but she did get the bad end of the deal from another zealous prosecutor, Rocky Delgadillo, who has some ethics troubles of his own.

I don't think we can get all worked up that Paris might have faced an injustice. It happens to people of color and to people in poverty all the time.

Nevertheless, Paris did speak up from jail. She wondered, "Why all the fuss?"

She suggested a newfound appreciation for what she has and even for basic things, like a good meal. She even told the press, albeit probably through her p.r. people, that she was a changed woman, one who would end the dumb act and devote her life to something meaningful.

I'm not sure that I believe it; I have a healthy dose of cynicism.

However, we should give her the benefit of the doubt until the next idiot moment or porn tape. At the MTV movie awards, the night she surrendered to authorities, I noticed a different tone to her voice, a different attitude, something weird that made me later believe that there possibly was some truth to Paris' suggestion that her behavior is all an act.

For me, there's one way to prove it.

Get out of the spotlight. Buy your way out of "The Simple Life," and disappear for like a year.

The truth is that Paris Hilton was always a celebrity born of pop culture, without any individual ability or skill outside of being rich and ditzy. She actually has a big opportunity at this point.

And, should she execute it accordingly, with a bit of dignity and sans the fanfare, dare I say that Paris Hilton might finally be justified in her fame.