M.J Trial... hmmm...

Beyond his childhood years, he chose the life of stardom.  He could have slipped away, not to be recognized by the majority of the public, if he had chosen to.  Instead, he chose to continue to make albums and videos and to seek public fame.  He easily could have veered into the background of the music business as a producer and writer/composer, like Quincey Jones and Baby Face, and made plenty of money, but MJ chose to stay in the public spotlight.  Well, there's a downside to that choice.  And the downside is, everyone knows your business or thinks they do or is trying to figure it out.  It seems to me that anyone in the public spotlight with a lick of sense would know not to get on TV and say that sleeping in the same bed with minors was a "beautiful thing,"  especially after having been accused of sexually molesting a minor.  And any extraordinarily wealthy person in the public spotlight with a lick of sense would know that people are out to get his money, so it would probably be best not to let shady people live at his house, while he slept in the same bed with their minor children. 

I do not have any idea whether or not MJ is innocent or guilty, but I do know that I do not feel sorry for him. 

 Again, I am not defending him! Locking him up in a cell for years is not fair. He needs help.

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Yes, he does need help! And with his money he can afford the best medical and psychiatric help available. Yes, he was deprived of a normal childhood, but does that exonerate him from blame when he turns around and does the same to another child?

I have a very hard time having anything that even resembles pity for this man. He is a side show freak. He gets more and more outrageous over the years because it's what keeps the public interested in him. He is a self serving narcissist who thinks that he will never get caught because he has money. I hope that this trial will prove him wrong once and for all.

Well .. as a human being I have a torrent of feelings about the whole thing.  I DO feel sorry for him.  I have for years. I think that he turned into a freak because he was born with a genetic predisposition toward it that was then exploited by his father.  He is a man who has no concept of life beyond what he lives .. I mean how many of us have umbrella carriers?  or are able to go into a shop and say "I'll take three of those" as we point to this very expensive sculpture.  He has no sense of being an adult with adult responsibilities.  I feel sorry for him.

However .. there are these other feelings.  Imagining myself as a child in his home .. being abused by him.  I mean surrounding a child with all the things that a child dreams of .. exoctic animals, amusement park rides .. This picturesque cover for this underground seedy abuse.  UGH!  It makes me sick and it makes me angry and it makes me feel very very bad for these kids.

IF he did it.  Then the best way to describe how I feel about it is disgust and anger.  IF he did it then he KNEW it was wrong.  And he used all of thes material trappings to be able to do it.  It's like baiting a trap. IF he is guilty then he is the most despicable kind of human being.  Even if I feel sorry for him, nothing that has happened to him excuse him abusing others.  It definitely does NOT excuse him for creating this idealic place .. a place that should eb safe for kids .. just so that he could abuse them.  IF that's what happened I have no pity for him facing his fate.  None.

My post does not excuse Micheal Jacksons actions if he is guilty. But I just have to wonder.... if he is guilty... who the hell are we to judge??? This is a grown man that missed out on almost everything that developes a child to a "normal adult". His life has been public since he was 5. It is against the law now to make a child work the way he was worked back then. I think it is so sad that the public has suddenly turned on him when they are a huge reason that he is the way he is now. Again, I am not defending him! Locking him up in a cell for years is not fair. He needs help.

Yanno so many people where child stars and although many of them do become screwed up as we see happen constantly I just think his behavior is beyond rebellious or troubled I think he is a trully sick individual and I'm not just saying about his behavior with children his entire demenour shows me that of someone VERY unstable.

Look at MaryKate and Ashley Olsen they have been in the limelight NONSTOP since they weren't able to walk and still are...now they have their issues and eating disorders as we are all aware but they don't behave in such unusual freaky ways as he does.  Losing a childhood is no excuse to do what he does and no excuse for instable behavior.  If you ask me he's a sick man and it goes beyond a bad childhood.

Look at MaryKate and Ashley Olsen they have been in the limelight NONSTOP since they weren't able to walk and still are...now they have their issues and eating disorders as we are all aware but they don't behave in such unusual freaky ways as he does. 

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The child labor laws were a hell of a lot different for MaryKate and Ashely than they were back then for Micheal Jackson! And life for two pretty white girls in the 90's is a little different that life for a little black boy in the 70's.
 Having a bad childhood is not an excuse, but is a valid reason for someone to become a troubled adult. I do think that Micheal Jackson needs to be locked up in a treatment center for a VERY LONG TIME, but unlike most pedofiles that "go free" That will never happen for him. He has never been free and despite the out come of this trial, he will never be free.

Just an observation and comment, and forgive if this was posted already on the longer MJ post but what about the parents responsibility????  I have SUCH a difficult time with the parents who ALLOWED their children to be there unsupervised -- especially after the previous allegations from 10 years ago!  I understand that the people he invited had questionable family situations and were plagued by financial and medical conditions but at some point the parents also had some responsibility in allowing their children to be there! 

Again, this in NO WAY excuses MJ if abuse occurred....

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i agree with you on this point! 

Just an observation and comment, and forgive if this was posted already on the longer MJ post but what about the parents responsibility????  I have SUCH a difficult time with the parents who ALLOWED their children to be there unsupervised -- especially after the previous allegations from 10 years ago!  I understand that the people he invited had questionable family situations and were plagued by financial and medical conditions but at some point the parents also had some responsibility in allowing their children to be there! 

Again, this in NO WAY excuses MJ if abuse occurred....