tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052613635559551416.post1174832988168545970..comments2009-07-06T14:09:48.391-07:00Daniel Ruwehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933780003762799393noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052613635559551416.post-43143161446613430512009-07-06T14:09:48.391-07:002009-07-06T14:09:48.391-07:00Clearly he was a polarizing figure but I just tend to agree more with the jury&#39;s decision and that&#39;s where I&#39;m coming from.Z-manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06158941102166215285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052613635559551416.post-86927819318462547372009-07-03T10:45:19.722-07:002009-07-03T10:45:19.722-07:00He was a childs worst nightmare.<br /><br />Don&#39;t make any excuses for him Z ManGaryhttp://grj.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052613635559551416.post-23927707740663572342009-06-29T13:06:58.195-07:002009-06-29T13:06:58.195-07:00Well he WAS acquitted in &#39;05 on very overblown criminal charges by an obsessed DA trying to make a name for himself but I guess nobody around these parts agrees with that verdict.Z-manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06158941102166215285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052613635559551416.post-35207958298615087832009-06-29T07:55:07.055-07:002009-06-29T07:55:07.055-07:00Your BLOG precisely expressed what I&#39;ve been internalizing for the past few days while listening to sniffles and RIPs from co-workers planted in front of the break-room TV.<br /><br />As far as having to respect &quot;the generation that grew up listening to his music&quot; - ah, no, that&#39;s OK. I&#39;m old enough to qualify and am doing just fine, thanks. MJ lost me when he cut off his nose and slept with boys (oh, I&#39;m sorry, but I&#39;m sure that he paid off the families of young boys)<br />Just because millions of people desire to live vicariously through some other person, doesn&#39;t mean that other person is flawless. He was a freak, plain and simple. At some point in your life you take responsibility for your actions, no matter how abused you might be. People&#39;s fascination with freak doesn&#39;t make it any less freak.<br />Then there was the &quot;bizarre factor&quot;, which may have even been promoted by his press machine. But consider the many artists who tout their eccentricity which may call attention to them aside from their art, eg, Boy George, Prince, Marilyn Manson, Ozzie Osbourn and clan, etc.<br /><br />The stuff with the children was weird, to be sure as well as the plastic surgery and all the rest.The way I see itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052613635559551416.post-24746914448233303942009-06-27T12:41:04.520-07:002009-06-27T12:41:04.520-07:00If anything from what they&#39;re now saying it may be another cautionary tale about the abuse of prescription drugs. I don&#39;t know if it was his intent to look the way he did after all the plastic surgeries, I mean did Joan Rivers mean to look the way she now does? Amy Winehouse does crack and is still alive, go figure.Z-manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06158941102166215285noreply@blogger.com