well I know for a fact I could get my 9 year old to say anything... if I promised him money and video games... I also know my father never did anything to any kid - sexually- and my little brother was at 7 -12 threatening my dad with " if I dont get a Super Mario game, I will say you did this" of course we all laugh about that now... and my brother cracks the joke even today "If you dont pay for wisdom teeth, I will go tell you sucked my dick" Now that is a white kid raised in the country, upper middle class. I am sure little ghetto kids would say MJ did this and that... Im just sayin I dont think he molested those kids... if he wanted to fuck a little boy, he could go to many countries and do so ... just like many average people with a little money do. I saw today that he was 400 Million in debt... I wonder what will happen to poor little Blanket and the other 2... I am sure he was a great dad... and very close to his kids, I am sure they are heart broken.
His album sales are back up on the charts right now, and according to one source, he's got 100 songs recorded and 'in the vault' to be released periodically to care for his three kids.
They're saying 6-8 weeks, I heard. As far as the media blitz is concerned, I really think he had a fucked-up mind. Take a child 5 years old, thrust him into showbiz, rob him of the typical "real world" experiences that any other 5 year old would experience... hello? These are the most formative years of anyone's development, honestly, and despite my participation in the fashionable MJ-slandering throughout the years, I'll go on the record and say that I earnestly believe that he was one fucked-up mental case, due to the deprivation of a typical childhood. He, in essence, never grew up. Picture the mind of a child (aged 5-6) superimposed on a body of a man entering puberty. You have just envisioned Captian E.O. himself. Did he behave inappropriately amongst children? Perhaps. Did he engage in acts with children in a manner consistent with stereotypical child molesters? People whom had their interests solely in their own sexual gratification? I doubt it. I ask each and every one of you to think back to your pre-teen (or pre-pubescent) years, and the time that immediately followed. Did you feel as if you were enlightened into a new 'age of discovery' as you noticed changes in your body? Were there any moments where you thought (even for a moment) that what you were thinking about isn't right, by your previous doctrine of beliefs? Flame me all you want, but I honestly believe that MJ lived most of his adult life as a child, trapped in an adult's body, and bombarded with hormones he was incapable (and not prepared of) understanding. His drug use late in his career was possibly influenced by the recommendations of his colleagues - Agents act on their own best interests, and Sony does what's best for Sony, after all - and the entire media-focused trial was smitten with preconceptions, past allegations, and incomplete evidence. I'll laugh at all the jokes, and even play some part in spreading them, but the fact remains: I honestly feel that this man was innocent with regard to intent, but possibly guilty with regard to actions. Nevertheless, I'm going to find my copy of Thriller and play it tonight loud enough for the neighbors to hear. Criticize me all you want - fuck you.
I totally agree with you, Lomo. I think you hit the nail on the head with that one. He was a head case, but if he did anything, it wasn't in the typical, "I want to violate young boys" pedophile frame of mind. I do have respect for anyone who goes against the norm and doesn't care what people think. I like that he wore PJs to his hearing and wore masks on his face. He marched to his own drum.
Then you do not understand third world countries and how blackmail works. An unknown like John Carr yes. (the Jon Bennete alleged killer) but Michael Jackson not on your life there would be a prime extortion opportunity and people in the sex trade understand that racket REAL well.
I watched about 10 minutes of an older interview he did. He was still white, but just a couple of years ago I think. The reason he got the nose job was because his dad used to tease him about his nose. He swore "100% truth" that was the only plastic surgery he had. So if he will lie about that. When he spoke he sounded like a little kid, not a near 50 year old. He did say that 'people that think sleeping with a child is sexual are sick' or something to that extent. Do I think the kids parents should be locked up for endangerment? Yes. They were looking for hush money. I have never heard McAuly Culkin (his little brother), or Corey Haim talking about getting touched inappropriately.
Jackson was acquitted of being a rock spider. I think it was all a big money con on behalf of the parents. The kid on the stand didn't know shit. I watched the trial.
Mike Jackson the first and probably only shovel ready project to be executed since this fiasco of a so called stimulus began.
They apparently never caught him tapping his foot in a restroom stall while taking a shit. So there is no smoking gun except the fact that M.J. admitted guilt when he settled with the child's parents.
Show me the confession. (Edit: I'm not saying he's not guilty, but I'm not fully convinced of his guilt either)
The obvious question would be, "Would you have left your kids with him?" I'm going to guess that probably 80% of the public wouldn't.
