Just in case her recent trip to Africa and upcoming role in Repo: The Genetic Opera had you thinking that maybe Paris Hilton has realized that she’s a pointless figurehead of American sex-tape celebrity, we thought we’d give you this little excerpt from UK’s The Sun:

Paris was asked on Saturday what she thought of South Africa, as she arrived in Johannesburg on tour with her guitarist fella Benji Madden’s band Good Charlotte.

And she replied with this thoughtful little gem: “I love Africa in general — South Africa and West Africa, they are both great countries.”

Dear Africa (South, West and other cardinal directions): Paris and Good Charlotte do not represent our country: they represent pre-pubescent girls that have all the power over marketing because of their liquid income. It’s stupid, but as soon as you get those water and AIDs issues figured out, we’d like to hear how you stay so grounded.

Perhaps our government has kept yours in check so you don’t compete for the underage girls market with what we assume are your dirt cheap labor policies.

We’ll just be over here in the corner, hogging all the pharmaceuticals we can afford but don’t need.