Michael Jackson was a child-molester - non-mourning thread...

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by 34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j

...Either way a pretty damn shrewd move by Jackson.

Which part?

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

Which part?

Buying the Beatles catalogue?

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

You tell me, don't answer with a question, it's not a test.

& if was a test you'd have already failed answering with a question! (these smiley are kinda annoying, huh? Be thankful I'm only allowed 4 in my post, I'd confuse the F. out ya)

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Deckard

Not necessarily.

Find myself more in agreement with 349...(etc) than with you when it comes to this one.

Of course the media have been overdoing the coverage, and I can understand how that leads to cynicism. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sad to hear about his death.

And yes, I'm gatecrashing your thread!

Im gatecrashing too, because why not. I find it hard to act confident about either side of the argument that MJ was a child molester. Definitely a troubled man who had no grasp of what we would consider a normal reality, but what can you expect from someone who had basically been a superstar since around the age of 9? He certainly acted inappropriately where social norms are concerned, admittedly sharing his bed with visiting children, but that doesn't mean he molested them. It's just further evidence of his disconnect with the normal world.

That being said, I'm sick to death of the coverage, particularly on CNN. I like to see a wrap-up of the days events on Anderson Cooper when I get home around 7pm, or sometimes even catch a little Larry King just before that. But since the day Jackson died, they've been having almost round the clock coverage of nothing but where's the will, what's going on with the autopsy, who gets the kids, who inherits his debt, and so on and so forth, over and over and over again. I watch for about 15 or 20 minutes waiting for them to move on to other news stories, but they don't so I turn them off. Meanwhile, the situation in Iran lumbers on, U.S. troops have pulled out of the major cities in Iraq, there's been a coup in Nicaragua, Kim Jong Il has been flaunting his craziness with renewed vigor, etc - but I literally haven't heard about any of that on CNN. It's shameful, and I wish it would stop.

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a grown man* says that he sees nothing wrong with sharing his bed with young boys.

straw poll - do you let your son hang out with him?

simple question - yes or no answers ONLY at this stage - NO QUALIFYING, IF'S BUT'S OR MAYBE'S please.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

...but.






































Me: NO.

Others: We COULD possibly make some money if we let our kids stay over.

/ /|/|/: Are you promoting a book that we'll need to buy in order to find out the asterisk(!) footnote?

[Future Proof]

The way that it seems to be with MJ is that some were upset about settling in lieu of going to trial, and others found something to dislike MJ over because of the trials. There are people on both sides, and both sides have a legitimate claim to their feelings. If I'm mega-famous and someone levels a very severe, very taboo claim against me then as it pertains to me, I will fight those accusations until the day I die. I wouldn't pay money to try and make those claims go away because let's be real here, those accusations never really do go away, and it makes me an easy target for extortion or blackmail.

However, he was acquitted on the charges that he didn't settle on, which included the "victim" declining to take the stand eventually. As well, what kind of sick parent takes a payout instead of seeking justice for their children? Is it possible that he molested children? Yup. It is possible that he never had any kind of ill intentions at all and was just taken advantage of? Absolutely.

There's no imperical evidence to substantiate the title of this thread, just a whole bunch of gut feelings that could either be right or be wrong. Me personally, I have a feeling that at one point he was up to no good, but that's only because the idea of settling doesn't make sense to me. Then again however I already know what the results will be -- people will get suspicious if I settle and it's not going to stop the scum of the earth from trying to make an easy buck off of my work. I learned this from watching MJ.

[IsiliRunite]

You're a vegetable.

[kagenaki koe]

i saw on another board where a poster brought up his idea that MJ loves children so much that he couldnt stand to see them go through the hell of being in court, so he just paid them off.

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

Originally Posted by //\/\/

a grown man* says that he sees nothing wrong with sharing his bed with young boys.

straw poll - do you let your son hang out with him?

simple question - yes or no answers ONLY at this stage - NO QUALIFYING, IF'S BUT'S OR MAYBE'S please.

What exactly is the point? Nobody is debating that it's inappropriate. You already know what the answer is going to be. If I think there's nothing wrong with driving on the sidewalk does it make me a murderer??