The funny thing is that someone who WATCHED the trial should be the first one one to get a pretty good understanding WHOSE morals and ethics were lacking. The victim of a crime and all that. Didn't know that Michael was on trial for manslaughter, silly me thought it was Murray.
So, when the someone dies then we all need to send a few "told you so" posthumously on the way. And what Michael really needs is one.more.person with good advice on how to live a life and have everyone and their mother be the judge of that.
I don't think anyone of us (including her) is in any position to be ladeling on the good advice on the lukewarm helping of 'this is what we all should do.'
I'd like to see how any one of us would be faring in Michael's shoes.
While the talk about integrity sounds like common sense at first, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth because it does feel a bit like kicking a man when he's down- and in a way ignores some of the unique situation that Michael faced. People constantly say "goodness, he should have surrounded himself with more normal people." Yeah, that worked AWESOME for him, too, didn't it? He was in damned-if-you-do and -damned-if-you-don't situation. Whenever he tried to break up his 'elusive gilded cage', people stole from him, accused him etc.
If he trusted his entourage, the same happened. What is a man supposed to do?
Have none of us ever gotten into a bad situation because we thought we can trust someone etc? We are not islands, for Pete's sake. And yes, sometimes someone else WILL take us down. Unless MJ is supposed to be superhuman.
Next time someone gets murdered, killed or manslaughtered- is it going to be standard practice to ask out loud if the crime victim's morals are supposed to stop a criminal's low morals??
Sorry, I find this insidious. He's dead. At the hands of another. Are we going to ask every dead victim of crime how it is that they are dead?
Personal accountability is not an unvalid discussion- but for the love of God, please have mercy on a man that already begged the world stop it as "have mercy for I have been bleeding for a long time now."
People think they have the black or white recipe for Michael. He tried. He's human. He shouldered more than his share of adversity.
Reminds me a bit of what Michael said when Barbara Walters asked him about Prince wanting to enter showbiz for example. Michael said, sure, know this this and this- and go ahead and do it better than I did.
I think he knew what he was talking about.
And btw, who is the judge of other people's morals and ethics?? I mean, for realz? Michael Jackson is NOT the poster child for a 'failed existence', no matter how hard people try to spin his life as the 'fallen' super star. His 'morals' are not up to be judged by me.
Michael lived a human life which means that he sought coping methods for mountains of adversity that would had most people hurl themselves off the next bridge.
I'll repeat it, DYING is not a failure of one's ethics and morals. It simply will happen to all of us. Michael is not a 'tragic' figure 'gone wrong'- nice try.
I'm starting to understand why he kept repeating 'no one understands me' like a broken record. Because apparently that truly must be the case.
And lastly, everyone watching the trial until the end should have taken notice how Judge Pastor distanced himself from those that tried argue the 'entourage- if Murray didn't do it, someone else would have done it." This is just a variation of it and I'm glad this Judge DID say that while he looked at the book of life for Murray- he also looked at the book of life of Michael Jackson. Listen very carefully. That was very eloquent and I do thank Judge Pastor for that statement.
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P.S.: The use of "Old Hag" is seriously disturbing. Just sayin'.