BethFromVA

That jury was so stupid that they could have been shown a video of OJ murdering those people and he still would have gotten off.

Thank you, we will.

No, that wasn't that. There is such a thing as public opinion; and even though he was able to buy his freedom doesn't mean that the public at large has to accept that he was innocent. He's LEGALLY innocent, but that's a far cry from public sentiment. The lovefest is here: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f7/michael-jackson-dies-96994/ Though I warn you, it's a fast read. Hello? She doesn't care about the LOVEFEST.

Then those who choose that are choosing to be foolish and ignorant, in my opinion. And I can only assume it's because they are starstruck, because any normal Joe who did what he did would STILL be serving time in jail. There really are two sets of rules -- one for stars, and one for everybody else.

Because, to quote an old song, it's dirty laundry. It's a media feeding frenzy. With the exception of politics, things don't get brushed under the rug for anybody -- it makes news when he's sleeping in an oxygen tank, cuddling up to his chimp, dangling his baby, running out of a gazillion dollars, molesting little boys and sleeping with them -- and they adore him for that because it's NEWS. And now that he's dead, they adore him for the NEWS he's generating again. I mean, when was the last time you heard about this creep before he went and died? So that means you wouldn't sleep with other people's children? I can't tell these days if that makes you normal or unusual. It's so hard to tell anymore... Ah, but apparently it does. I can't tell you how many posts I've read from knuckle-dragging mouth breathers that says, "Yeah, he MAY have been a pedophile, but damn he was talented!! RIP MICHAELLLLLLL!!!!!!" Gag. You're certainly not alone. If they bury him, they won't even have to embalm him, but if they cremated, what will they do with the blob of plastic that's left? Make an ashtray out of him, perhaps?

Cannibis stupidus! LOL :thumbdown:

Excellent! The deaths of these two people is the best thing that ever could have happened for that SC governor.

Note to self: NEVER go to Golden Corral ever again. Ugh, it's the first all-you-can-eat I've done since being banded, and it was not a good idea. Well, actually it wasn't MY idea, but next time I will just tell DH to go by himself. I certainly didn't do as badly as I once did, but for being banded, a normal-sized meal is a no-no. And I swear, I wonder if my doctor took all my fill out when I went in for my overfill. He SAYS he got me down from 5.8 to 5, but I am now wondering if he took OUT 5. I've been pretty hungry since that unfill. :thumbdown: And yes, I'm tired of waiting too, heartfire.

I guess that's the thing, NYC_gal. He mad a lot of bad choices which made him very easy fodder for the media, and now all of a sudden they are fawning all over him. If even half of what we read about him was true, he was a truly freaky person, and not in a good way. At the very least, he chose to do some very questionable things with young boys and abused himself with drugs. He endangered at least one of his children, and he couldn't even live on hundreds of millions of dollars. Yes, I liked most of his music and even have one of his albums, but is that really all it takes for people to forget that he was likely a child molester and give him a pass? Are some really that shallow?

It's very apparent you have a need to be the center of everything, but you're not. Nor do you know when to stop.

THIS is what I'm talking about. Nobody has done any such thing, BJean, and you're simply proving to me that you can't debate whatsoever. You did all you could to goad conservatives onto this thread, then when you got responses that don't agree with you, you call them negative and hateful. I've done my part, kept my promise, but apparently things have not changed on your end. Consider me out.

Sounds like my pot-smoking days. :thumbdown:

Well, we know which one you are, so I guess I'm the lush? Which means I need to get drinking -- and I'm late getting started. :thumbdown:

It wasn't because I disagree with you, though I never called you stupid.

Well, you have to know, it all depends on how much money you have. If you're just some NORMAL freak-tard, it's not okay.

So what would convince you, video? I mean, where there is smoke there is fire. The secret room off his bedroom doesn't convince you? How about the alarm buzzers and cameras he had in the hallway approaching his bedroom? Or the "happy juice" he was feeding these kids? I'm surprised sleeping with children isn't enough for you. And I'm not giving the parents slack. They were probably bought off or simply dazzled by his celebrity.

People have NOOOOO idea. I have proof. Video proof. It's making the rounds on the internet as we speak. In Germany. It's the only place that will accept such debauchery and shenanigans.

Um, do you really think that a child molester says, "Yeah, well that little boy's bum just looked SO inviting and I was feeling lonely..."??? Considering what you claim you went through, I would think you'd be wiser about all of this.

Thanks, CC. :thumbdown:

Darlin', you're not even on my radar. Who's talking about you anymore? I asked you questions, you claimed I was bashing you, then you admitted that you wouldn't let your son sleep with anyone. Yet somehow Michael was an innocent little man-child. It's over.

Because... you read minds? :thumbdown:

And don't forget the "happy juice" (wine) he was feeding them. Or the secret room. Oh, and I just got reminded about the buzzers that went off in the hallway as people approached his bedroom (the one where the secret room was off of). Or the cameras. Yes, all very innocent. *roll eyes*

Yeah, I know... I still hold onto this old-fashioned notion that creepy chimp-loving, mask-wearing, baby-dangling, crotch-grabbing pervs should not be sleeping with other people's children. Guess I need to grow up and get with the program.

I'll let your age and inability to read what's being said speak for itself.

Who's attacking you? I asked you: "But he WASN'T a little boy, he was a grown man! So... would you let any 40-something man sleep in bed with your kid/s during a slumber party? Forget that it's Michael Jackson... would you let ANY grown man sleep in bed with your kid/s??" That was based on your comment: "He thought he was a little boy...there was nothing dirty about him sleeping in a bed with kids when they were having a sleep over!" I think your sentiment is foolish. I questioned you legitimately as to whether you would allow your child/ren to sleep with some neighbor guy during a sleepover. In what was is that attacking you? Trust me, if I was attacking you, you'd know it. And thus far I have bitten my tongue with your comments to the point of drawing blood.