You probably misunderstood me, I am a MJ fan, not a Jermaine fan. So this thread has nothing to do with admiring Jermaine.
I can understand that some fans don't like Jermaine and I am certainly not trying to force them to like Jermaine. Indeed, you cannot force someone to love or to hate. What I am trying to say is that I am simply tired of reading how people keep on bashing Jermaine as if he was the worst that could happen to Michael's career.
Oh yes Jermaine wrote a song, big deal. Nobody's perfect! Everyone can make mistakes and immature at one point in their life. By the way who, except Michel's hardcore fans remembers that song??? If the past cannot be erased, it doesn't mean that we cannot change and become a better person. But by keeping on bashing someone -no matter how hard the person is trying to become from inner side better- in the eyes of bashers this person will never be good enough. He can do millions of good deeds, but the bashers will gladly point out only the few bad things and choices.
Indeed Jermaine introduced some people to Michael. But hey, was Jermaine aware of how some can turn into bad people? Is it his responsibility that some people are hypocrites? Do you think he did it on purpose to destroy his brother? By the way, not only Jermaine, but Michael too, to my biggest regret, chose some bad people around him. They are adults, brothers, family, and sometimes make good choices, sometimes bad. But it is not up to us to bash them, even if they argue in form of songs, dance, or public interviews. It is not our business, it is theirs! Who cares about family arguments, when in the end we all know they love each others and support each others, no matter how far sometimes the dispute can go.
By the way even if there are some kind of interest for the family out of Michael's name. It still stays within the family. Not our business again!
Yes, Michael said publicly that he will never live in Neverland again. But he said it right after being accused, and afer the police searched all over the place. Hefelt his home was violated. Nobody would love to live where you feel violated. But that's teh surface of the iceberg.
What do we know about Michael's plans after his declaration? Was he to sell his ranch,or was he to wait a certain period before coming back??? We don't have a clue. Even if Michael had a bad experience in 2003, it doesn't mean he didn't have many wonderful moments at that ranch. We can't even imagine. Jermaine can, and that's why he is more entitled to speak about the ranch and hisbrother than the whole community of Michael's fans.
As far as the backbone partand voice is concerned. It is a bit of exaggeration when it comes to interprettion. I don't see it as if he meant that Michael was weak. On the contrary, Michael was always extremely strong and he did have his own voice. But we should bear in mind that Jermaine was his big brother and that when he spoke about being Michael's backbone and voice, he spoke in a supportive and affectionate way. It doesn't mean that Michael needed it, but simply that Jermaine was always there for him in case he needs him.
So if people don't like Jermaine and dig out only negative things about Jermaine, and if people twist Jermaine's affectionate words for Michael, it is very easy to make a devil out of a man who you've never met, but whom you speak about as if you knew everything.
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