Autumn II
Proud Member
I thought of that too but didn't want to say so because so many are so angry at the man. I saw it as going to him for guidance. I have in my head that he is 'sorry' and he doesn't know where to turn. Not sympathy as much as empathy.
"Going to him for guidance?" Are you SERIOUS? Really? This is really, really too much. . . . We have NO idea what his motivations were, and neither do you. Murray has never, ONCE, said "sorry." Sure, there is the legal case to come, and he has to be careful about self-incrimination. But he has not ONCE said to the Jacksons so much as, "sorry for your loss." He would not incriminate himself by saying that. It would be a HUMAN response. He has not said that -- to the children, the family, to fans, or to anyone. He does not know where to turn? Hopefully, it's to turn himself in to police? You are just guessing here.
Sympathy, in terms of semantics, implies being "sorry," but also carries with a sense of privilege, as in "being sorry for someone, or for some situation." He's not said that he is sorry, in any way, shape, or form.
Empathy literally implies walking in someone else's shoes, understanding what they FEEL. In terms of Murray, we do not know what he "feels." And neither do YOU. We can imagine what a "normal" person might feel. We do not know that about Murray. He has given us so little, really.
We have no idea why he was at the cemetery. To express remorse? To gloat? To seek some sort of closure for himself? "Guidance?" I highly doubt that. We have NO idea what he feels, because he's never said. . . .
Angry? Grief-stricken is more like it. This man's face was literally the last face that Michael saw. This IS a Michael Jackson board. We loved him. We still do. . .