MICHAEL JACKSON

[Wich2]

Well said, Bobby. Your last two sentences has been one of my prayers...

As was evidenced very much in the Priest cases of the last few years, such wounds - even when only "second or third degree" rather than "first" - carry deep pain and are slow to heal.

On the part of both Victim and Perpetrator.

-Craig

[The Drunken Severed Head]

Folks, please...  no spitting on graves in the cemetery.  

Everyone knows the good and the bad that's his legacy.  I know many have strong feelings about this kind of thing, but this isn't the place.  

Personally. I don't have much good to say about him either.

Me either. Yes, criticism of a public figure (outside of politics --no political debates, please) should be posted in a separate thread.

[Fester]

My two cents worth:

Julius Caesar
Act 2, Scene 3

ANTONY

    Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
    I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
    The evil that men do lives after them;
    The good is oft interred with their bones;
    So let it be with Caesar.

This will probably be the way most people will remember Michael Jackson.  The backbiting and gossip will probably outlive anything else.   Hang on, the Tsunami of exposees has not even started yet,  Enquiring minds Want to Know.

You know, Sometimes Willy the Shake was right on.

[Wich2]

"You know, Sometimes Willy the Shake was right on."

'Purt near always, Fester.

[Creature Features]

There's been talk recently that Jackson's accusers admit to lying:

http://community.terra.com/comentarios/index/id/125262/user/muzikenterra/?title=Jordan+Chandler%2C+Michael+Jackson's+alledged+abuse+victim%2C+confesses+he+lied

Not sure if this is real or not...Anyone have any more details about this?

[Monster Bob]

Well, it must be an 100% accurate report. In the headline of the article it says the kid's name is Jordan Chandler. In the text of the article it says his name is Justin Chandler.  

[Creature Features]

Well, it must be an 100% accurate report. In the headline of the article it says the kid's name is Jordan Chandler. In the text of the article it says his name is Justin Chandler.  

 Mistakes like that happen in print every day though...

[Scatter]

My wife showed that to me a couple days after Michael died. It's been a couple of weeks now and so far no major news outlet has picked this up..............which is odd since I now know what side of his nasal cavity was collapsed, where Bubbles the chimp lives today, that he had skin cancer being treated on his chest, that he's half a billion dollars in debt, that he liked Kentucky Fried Chicken, that he was addicted to prescription drugs, etc etc etc.

In the full fury of a 24/7 MJ news cycle (and a very profitable one at that), to think this either hasn't come to the attention of the major media outlets, or that they don't deem it newsworthy to report because they don't think it will sell magazines, is incomprehensible.

To think that the LA District Attorney, who filed charges based upon this kid's testimony which led to a multi-million dollar settlement, and which now could lead to the absolute dissolution of the DA and bankrupting of Los Angeles in a counter suit filed by the Jackson Estate if this kid recants, and would inevitably lead to having the father of the boy arrested and tried for fraud, perjury, extortion, and filing false criminal charges, to think that they just happened to MISS this story over the last 2 weeks stretches credulity beyond the breaking point.

It's a load of excrement.

[Creature Features]

My wife showed that to me a couple days after Michael died. It's been a couple of weeks now and so far no major news outlet has picked this up..............which is odd since I now know what side of his nasal cavity was collapsed, where Bubbles the chimp lives today, that he had skin cancer being treated on his chest, that he's half a billion dollars in debt, that he liked Kentucky Fried Chicken, that he was addicted to prescription drugs, etc etc etc.

In the full fury of a 24/7 MJ news cycle (and a very profitable one at that), to think this either hasn't come to the attention of the major media outlets, or that they don't deem it newsworthy to report because they don't think it will sell magazines, is incomprehensible.

To think that the LA District Attorney, who filed charges based upon this kid's testimony which led to a multi-million dollar settlement, and which now could lead to the absolute dissolution of the DA and bankrupting of Los Angeles in a counter suit filed by the Jackson Estate if this kid recants, and would inevitably lead to having the father of the boy arrested and tried for fraud, perjury, extortion, and filing false criminal charges, to think that they just happened to MISS this story over the last 2 weeks stretches credulity beyond the breaking point.

It's a load of excrement.

Lol, i saw the Bubbles The Chimp expo as well.   

[Paul L]

I've been worried about Bubbles.

[Scatter]

He's been asking about you as well.

[Wich2]

Folks, in the name of balance -

- there are those who claim this revisionist is promoting an agenda, with less than perfect info.

For your own research:

http://tinyurl.com/nx2gc9

[Scatter]

Folks, in the name of balance -

- there are those who claim this revisionist is promoting an agenda, with less than perfect info.

For your own research:

http://tinyurl.com/nx2gc9

I may be a bit slow, but how do the links address the veracity of the claim that the boy admitted he fabricated the charges?? Forgive me..............it's late.

[Wich2]

I thought the overall issue was the main point?

But here's your info on the veracity of this specific news story:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/chandler.asp

[Monster Bob]

Told ya so!