Unless you live under a rock you probably already know that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has died, along with Farrah Fawcett, Ed Mcmahon, and David Carradine. With these deaths have come many news stories of how these celebrities have contributed to society or influenced it.
What I would like to talk about is how all the perfect people have finally made themselves known and have taken the time out of their busy lives to pass judgement on these people, more specifically Michael Jackson.
Of course the topic of discussion no matter where you went today was the shocking death of Michael Jackson. On the drive home from work I put the radio on scan and stopped it whenever I heard his name mentioned. I listened to the discussion for a bit and then hit scan again... again stopping it when I heard his name. I had to "blog" today and share with any one reading this that there are a lot of perfect/next to god like people out there. I was amazed and had no idea they were "all around us".
What am I getting at... All the people calling into radio stations to speak out about how the world is a better place because this man is dead. Really? The world is better because of this, you can now sleep better at night, and you are without your own indiscretions that you can make that kind of statement? The words I heard over and over again were, pedophile and freak. I don't discount that he had questionable friendships or the way he lived his life was far from ordinary however, a family lost a father, brother, son, grandchild, uncle, etc ...
Not one person on this planet deserves the right to speak of another that way. This is a true reflection of how ass backwards we have it. We have such little regard for someone's life that once they are dead we feel the world is a better place. Do you think his kids think the world is a better place now that their father is dead?
I am one for free speech and having your own opinions but when what you are saying is based on speculation and 'gut feelings' your free speech becomes a worthless rambling that does more harm than good.
Is it that difficult to respect the man and remember him for what he has done for pop culture, all the people he has inspired and the musicians we have today because he showed us all that it's possible to live the dream?
What ever he did or didn't do in his private life is his cross to bear. It is not for the common man to pass judgement!
There I have said my peace.. So what?
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Your right!! Regardless of what he did/didn’t do, never changed the path he set up for music/video today. The truly sad thing is that passing judgment on another person is human nature, BUT!!! You would think that, that line would be drawn at the time of death and the legacy would shin brighter. Doesn’t happen because people can only be so kind before it kills them!!!
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