Trial of the [probably small period of time]!

JPSloan · Post by **JPSloan** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:04 pm

I think that sex offenders are almost as insane as people who exploit children by way of suing celebrities and politicians in order to make some ill-gotten gain.

So, I suppose there's no good side here. Kind of reminds me of last November.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:49 pm

What happened last November? I remember my turkey wasn't quite big enough....

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:38 pm

I think that it's pretty damn obvious that Michael Jackson is mentally ill person.I think his mental state is obvious from all interviews, actions of his, as soon as he speaks up, you can see that you'r talking with an overly immature man, a person who lives in his own world.
And to add to that, YOU DON'T SENTENCE MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE TO JAIL, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THEIR ACTIONS!!! Law says that, and law has a full right in it.
However, there's a dozen of people who don't want Jackson held in mental institution because he gets them a ton of money. For instance, his managers, his accountants, people in whose shops he buys all that expensive stuff... Avan that goddamn reporter who made a documentary on him. If anyone, they are the people who should be locked up in jail. For one, for keeping an ill person in an enviroment that is probably making him more ill; And then, if he really violated those boys, it's their responsibility too.
Jackson is a victim, of those people as well as of all the fame and of society that makes pop stars idolized. And, if what I've heard is right, of his own father who forced him to go for a stardom and occasionally beat him up. AND OF PEOPLE WHO JUDGE HIM, SENTENCE HIM AND EXECUTE HIM WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING A GRIP ON THE FACTS.
For Jackson, I feel nothing but pitty. Even if he did what he's accused of.

Ruxen · Post by **Ruxen** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:43 pm

He's innocent until they tell us that he's guilty. I also don't know what to think about him but that hardly matters.
I feel sorry for the kid most of all, no matter where he goes in North America and Europe, now he'll be known as the boy who got molested by MJ, and the kids are going to call him that whether MJ is innocent or guilty.
That page of all Jackson is kind of sad too because crammed in the lower right hand corner is a little picture of what he used to look like before he ruined his face.

Col · Post by **Col** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:36 pm

Send 'em all to the slammer for starting all this.

Humbug · Post by **Humbug** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:01 am

I may be wrong about this as I tend to listen to news with half an ear, but didn't Jackson pay the first kid he "allegedly" molested a million dollars just to keep his mouth shut? That action alone makes it very suspicious.

JexKerome · Post by **JexKerome** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:52 am

Humbug wrote:I may be wrong about this as I tend to listen to news with half an ear, but didn't Jackson pay the first kid he "allegedly" molested a million dollars just to keep his mouth shut? That action alone makes it very suspicious.

You know, if I had a kid, all the money in the world wouldn't stop me from seeing anyone who molested her from getting his just retribution. It seems to me more like that family was after money.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:01 am

JexKerome wrote:
Humbug wrote:I may be wrong about this as I tend to listen to news with half an ear, but didn't Jackson pay the first kid he "allegedly" molested a million dollars just to keep his mouth shut? That action alone makes it very suspicious.
You know, if I had a kid, all the money in the world wouldn't stop me from seeing anyone who molested her from getting his just retribution. It seems to me more like that family was after money.

It's almost like... Whoring out your own kid

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:24 pm

Well, they say that everybody has their price, it's just that some of us haven't been offered that much. Their price might've just been that million of dollars. Of course, once someone allows himself to be bought, he has to carry all the shame that goes along.

Ymmot · Post by **Ymmot** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:22 pm

I am now convinced more then ever that my Michael Jackson is a child devouring demon from the depths of the bottomless pit dream was correct.

you don't put demons on trial...

this isn't anything a good exorcism couldn't fix.
-ymmot

Col · Post by **Col** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:44 pm

JexKerome wrote:
Humbug wrote:I may be wrong about this as I tend to listen to news with half an ear, but didn't Jackson pay the first kid he "allegedly" molested a million dollars just to keep his mouth shut? That action alone makes it very suspicious.
You know, if I had a kid, all the money in the world wouldn't stop me from seeing anyone who molested her from getting his just retribution. It seems to me more like that family was after money.

Completely agree with you on that, Jex.

Smight · Post by **Smight** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:47 pm

but think of all the shiny new children you could buy with a million dollars!

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:42 pm

What publicity could help Michael at this point? His career died long ago.

And if Michael Jackson is convicted, I vow to shave off my mustache!

I don't have a mustache, btw.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:44 pm

You better get started then!

Of course, I predict he walks.

Leko · Post by **Leko** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:07 am

Michael Jackson really, really, really creeps me out. *shudder* I swear he's not human. I can't really decide whether I think he's guilty or not, but that doesn't stop him from giving me the willies.

ShineDog · Post by **ShineDog** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:54 am

i kinda agree with mcduff. the guy is patently apeshit insane, regardless of whether he did it or not, he obviously needs mental help, (were his own children removed from his custody in the run up to this? they need to be not brought up by him, regardless.)

The Neko · Post by **The Neko** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:01 am

I'm inclined to agree with McDuffies on this one. Even if one can't completely classify him with a specific mental disorder, it is easy to say that Jackson's fragile grip on reality is tenuous at best. The people who allowed him to go without treatment, and enabled his obviously disturbed behavior by willfully ignoring it are the ones who also need to be held accountable. However, we can't shift the blame entirely to them. Jackson still needs some sort of punishment, even if it is being institutionalized.

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:10 am

Trouble is... There's every chance Michael's mental disorder is self-inflicted, a product not of a chemical imbalance but of a skewed view of the world he invented and no one debunked. He could have, in effect, convinced himself that he's insane.

It happens.

- Joel Fagin

Humbug · Post by **Humbug** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:20 am

When all fails I suppose.

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:01 am

Humbug wrote:When all fails I suppose.

What's Microsoft got to do with anything?

- Joel Fagin