Or are they really...

Some people just do not care or listen for that matter. I have seen a few who make the same mistake over and over again, but never learn from it. Should i help and explain, uumm no. If you don't get it yourself the first time, explaining and helping you in the right direction won't help at all, would it? It's not really a problem sweetie, they make it a problem. That's humans for you. Stupid and stubborn. TATA.

They must pay for their mistakes. That's it. Usually people will not learn anything from mistakes, they only learn from punishment, by nature or by other people.

Hi HWG, I don't really understand it either. Personally, I value my freedom and could not stand to be in prison for even a night. I think if I did something that landed me there, it would surely wake me up. I think with a lot of people, the problem goes deeper than the crimes. A lot of times addiction is a big part of the problem and other times there are mental issues. After a while, some of them really aren't bothered by jail. They have made friends there and it is "home" to them.

I'm with you here. Sure we are not perfect, but we were given by God some amount of brain (I assume), and we ought to be able to learn a lesson from the mistakes we make in our lives. But to repeat the same mistake over and over is just unacceptable. Unless they think this is not a mistake ...

Hello Gurl, There are two kinds of mistakes. Ones that you do accidentally. This is not habitual. Immediately after committing such offence people do realize their folly and try their best to rectify. There are other kinds of mistakes that originates from some deep rooted cause. It is often hard to identify the true cause. Sometimes it has some psychological cause and needs extensive therapy. Of course, little bit of introspection always helps. But there are people, especially the celebrities you are talking about, neither have time nor interest in venturing such a mammoth task. Though they are punished for their mistakes, the root cause still stays undetected. This is the reason why these mistakes are repeated again and again. Psychological counselling often helps. Thanks. God bless you

I never exuse them, I just eliminate them from my mind. We have learn from the mistake in the first time only. And it is not correct to naming them as "that is my first mistake, this is my second mistake, this is the final........" i don't like this way. We have to do our level best that is good only not a mistake.

I think people who go on repeating the same mistakes, do it on purpose. I’ve seen many such people, right from my school days to now in office and they are all the same without any exception. They purposefully make the mistakes (yes, I truly believe that they have their own reasons for making those mistakes), then they act innocent and the entire world bends backwards to support them…once that purpose is solved, these people just move on as if nothing has happened and as and when situation demands, they again make those same ‘mistakes’. When you say that you try not to make the same mistakes twice, its because in your case, it’s a genuine mistake…you are not trying to take advantage of the world or to bring yourself to the limelight by any means.

It takes all sorts to make a world, and some people are slower at learning their lessons than others. They may have addictive personalities and are totally addicted to negative behaviour that leads to big mistakes in their life. Therefore some of us will learn from the mistakes of others, but many of us just have to find out for ourselves and quite often more than once! _Derek

I do not get it either. Maybe this people often gets away with the mistakes they do that's why they keep on doing it over and over again.I am not praying that this people would experience something really big time to make them realize their mistakes, but geez, they really should be doing something good in their lives. Fame and power will never last, they should realize that. They should be responsible with their lives. I am hoping one day these people would just change and do something productive in their lives.

i think the primary factor is because they have everything. they think that everything is easy for them to get away with. and even acknowledging them as mistake is so easy for them without really being serious about it. it is superficial to me to see them cry or despondent about the consequences of their mistakes. but if they dont change, they are not worth any ounce of sympathy.

This really infuriates me as well, when I heard about Paris Hilton's arrest again over the weekend. First I get mad that someone who has so much money, while I am struggling, is so stupid and did not learn from when she went to jail. Then I get even more mad at they way she and others try to spin what happened. I would rather they come out and say "YES, I DID IT AND I AM REALLY STUPID!".

hi hardworkinggurl, it seems that this problem afflict quite a lot of people particularly celebraties. I believe their lifestyle is so different that substance abuse and going on a high is what matters to them most of the time. Just look at George Michael who has been caught time and again, the male version of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan! It seems like there is no major goal or meaning in their lives (at least as far as I can see) other than parties, concerts and the like. Perhaps a huge dose of reality is what they really need. Or is it just a flaw in their characters or the people around them.

These kind of people are stubborn and simply don't care because they know they could always get away with their mistakes. They're numb. They don't want a lesson,because they're self-centered.

people really are made to make mistake and the only thing they can do is to minimize that ..people are not perfect therefore mistakes can be done anytime ..even one after another ..so deal with, maybe they have their own reason for doing that kind of mistakes ..good day ..^^

Frankly, I don't know enough about Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Blagojevich and the like. I don't know if they want my or anyone's forgiveness (let alone mine) so I rarely give them a second thought. Whatever wrong they do is between themselves, their Maker and those they have hurt. They haven't hurt me (or so I reason) so they have no need of my forgiveness and nor will they get it. Also, since they haven't hurt me, why should they also deserve my condemnation? Well, "no man is an island" (as I think it was John Donne said first). What these people do DOES affect us ... but only if we let it ... because they are 'icons' and 'in the news' and because many people (for whom we DO care) look up to them. Where ever and whoever they are (and, actually, even if we have never heard of them), they are part of humanity and, by definition, we should love them ... which means that we should, collectively, forgive them or (more accurately) permit, allow or ask that they should be forgiven by whoever is relevant to do so. We all make mistakes over and over, of course, and we all expect (or hope for) forgiveness from those we think we have wronged. Sometimes it takes people MANY times to learn a lesson ... sometimes some people NEVER learn (because they aren't really and truly aware that what they have done hurt anyone, even if it were only themselves). At least some of your diatribe should be countered with "Well, how much did these people really hurt YOU? ... So why do you think that you even NEED to forgive them?" (And I have been Devil's Advocate already in putting some of the possible answers into your mouth!)

That is a real issue. The other issue is, "Why are celebrities treated with more lenience that regular people?" You would not be given so many chances to make the same mistake. You would be in the jail for a long time. No news cameras bemoaning your fate. Maybe if they had serious enough consequences for stuff when they were younger, they would not be so persistently wrong now.

I agree with the other comments here, and I also think that some people just have an undying need for attention. Not to say they go out and purposely do these things, but they continually repeat behaviors that end up eventually getting them attention, even if it's bad attention. I'm also very sick of seeing public figures getting nothing but a slap on the wrist as punishment just because they're famous or can buy their way out of a situation. No wonder they never learn! All the legal system has taught them until now is that they are above the law and that's really not fair to anyone else.

To Err is Human but to make same mistake again & again is definitely not human. It is pure stupidity. If you learn from your mistake it is not a mistake but if you dont learn from it, its indeed the biggest mistake of yours. But this world contains all type of people and we cant help it. So There are people who keep on making the same mistake again and again and dont realize when it is enough for them. For them ignorance may be an excuse and may be they can afford making such mistake. But we cant do anything about them. All we can do is to leave them on their condition and not to get ourselves worried about it.

They are mostly just spoiled. They do it to gain attention from the public. The non-public figures that do this also do it for attention, although I think for most of them, ignorance is a big part of it. Also, I think a lack of education has a lot to do with it.

In the case of Paris Hilton, she is nothing but a rich spoined brat who knows, or thinks, her family money will get her out of trouble, and, for the time being, that seems to be true. But, the time will come when not all the money in the world will help when she hurts someone because of her actions. Let her try to say "It was a mistake" then. In the case of released comvicts, some of them just can't adapt to life out of the system, so they go back. There is a definition of insane that I like. Insanity - doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. You hear this a lot at AA meetings, which is where all those spoiled wild childen belong, if not behind bars.