I've pretty much stayed away from this topic, but when I found out that LA County was asking for "donations" to cover the cost of MJ's memorial I pretty much lost it. They have actually set up a Pay Pal account to help offset the costs of the police motorcades, crowd control, ticket printing costs and whatever else the "star-studded memorial" cost them.
First of all, did it ever occur to anybody that LA County did not have to put on this fucking production in the first place? Second, did it occur to anyone that LA County has paid plenty for "productions" related to Mr. Jackson? I believe they could have been referred to as Trials Number One and Two. To think that the citizens of Los Angeles are now being gouged for the third time to "honor" the King of Pop is bullshit.
I'm not saying that I wasn't a fan of MJ back in the day. I liked and still do like some of his older stuff. You know, when he was still a black male entertainer. He lost his appeal when he started sleeping with little boys. To those of you that say he wasn't convicted I say, "FUCK YOU." Nobody makes a $20 million payout to "avoid the embarassment of a trial." Somebody accuses you of something like that and you fight until the bitter end to prove your innocence. Never mind that it happened twice. To quote a friend of mine, "No 10 year old kid comes up with the term 'Jesus Juice' on his own." And if I remember correctly, during the second trial the victim identified a picture of MJ's "member". And by "member" I mean dick. Penis. Cock. Whatever term you prefer. And the kid wasn't shown just one picture, he was shown several...like a police line-up, for lack of a better term. As traumatic as that sounds, I'm sure it wasn't any more traumatic than being fed wine and fondled by an adult man.
Honor him for what he used to be if you want. But also remember him for what he became. A pedophile. A pedophile who got away with what he did because he was an "icon". Apparently Icon Court is different than the court system the rest of us regular people have to use.
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Couldn't have put it much better myself! Honor his work, because whether we agreed with his personal choices,( hopefully not), or thought he had become a total freak,( more than likely), he was the most talented entertainer of all time, I believe.
ReplyDeleteLove the sinner, hate the sin. We are all bad on some level. Admire the work, and the gifts he had, and feel sorry for what he had become.
But for petes sake, the Michael Jackson we admired and "worshipped" as the KING OF POP died, in reality, many years ago. And we will always have, just like so many other tragic stories, of entertainers turned totally nuts, the music and the memories they gave us years ago.