I cant believe the lack of talk amongst people i know about michael jackson dying... and none of you have posted anything about it either
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Without a doubt he was a great performer. I feel for his family and for all the internal pain that drove such a talented person to do such strange, self-destructive things. It's sad if Michael did the things he was accused of and even sadder if he didn't and someone was cruel enough to accuse him of it. Only two people know what really happened. Yes, it stinks when people focus on the negative rather than the positive. Unfortunately, it's press. Without it, good or bad, celebrities wouldn't be celebrities. Personally, I think fans should stop devoting so much of themselves to people who aren't real (to them) and appreciate the people in their lives who are. Having recently lost a brother, who touched many lives and was a creative genius in his own right, I tend to keep things in perspective. Condolences to his family and friends and to anyone who has recently suffered a personal loss.
Well, part of it is that he hasn't produced anything in a good while, so it doesn't really feel like we've lost any sort of future masterpieces.
And this, to me, is pretty much the only reason to mourn celebrities over any one else.
I personally find it a lot more tragic and worth noting that since the start of the year nearly a couple thousand children have been killed or abducted in Uganda, and who knows what great things they could have produced for the world but will never have the chance to.
well he was working with wil.i.am on his new album and timbaland was going to produce it. so i dunno if anything good was gonna come out of that, but possibly.
i dont recall saying his death was tragic. it was tragic in terms of his age, people shouldnt die at 50. but in no way do i find it very tragic, and certainly not more tragic than other deaths.
people tend to mourn the death of people who meant something to their lives. celebrities touch more lives than the average person, so a lot of people mourn them. it is the same reason they are rich, mass appeal. i dont think most people mourn a celebrity more than someone they know personally.
You didn't say it was tragic but being surprised that no one has commented on it seems out of place considering other current events. I compare levels of tragedy in terms of them being noteworthy or not. I'd comment on other, bigger, things going on in the world before the death of Michael Jackson.
Plus, his lifestyle had a lot to do with his death. I mean, people shouldn't die at 50, you're right, but they usually don't if they took proper care of themselves. So again, I think it's more tragic, and thus more worth noting, that all these people who didn't even have the chance to live healthy lives, but still may have lived longer than 50, and may have produced great things, are being slaughtered by means beyond their control.
So I take it that your hair falling out is a bigger tragedy than both the death of MJ and thousands of innocent children. since obviously, your hair falling out was noteworthy enough for you to post it, but none of the other world issues were? i dont get your reasoning. I wasnt surprised that no one was talking about it because it was the most tragic thing that ever happened, i was surprised because people typically talk about things that effect them personally. MJ certainly had a personal effect on my life, as well as millions of others. So, just like i would expect to hear about your hair and not other atrocities going on because one is personal to you and one is not, i would expect to hear something from someone in my extended friend/ work/ school network to comment on MJ... but I didnt
I agree with both previous posters. MJ did some fairly good stuff, and I personally also do not believe he did all that alleged stuff to the little boys, I think it was just jealous and greedy people trying to milk him for what he was worth.
I have no personal reason to be particularly sad over this, and all the flooding of "OMGWTFBBQ MJ died" on my FB-page is nothing short of irritating. It is sad that he died, but it's not tragic, since people die all the time. What is tragic, is that little girl in Denmark whose father "forgot" to drop her off at the daycare and left her to die in the burning hot car, while he went off to work (same day as MJ died). Now that is tragic.
Well yes, it is sad. I also wasn't under the impression that you thought it was tragic, just most people freak out over it all around the internets and that annoys the fuck out of me >.< thus I'm hypersensitive to the even slightest mention of it. It is sad, yet not sad enough for me to make a post of it. My posts/comments over the subject are moreso triggered by the overwhelming "RIP Michael" movement.
I generally don't boohoo about celebrities dying and MJ is no exception. Nevertheless, I do pay my respects to his genius. His influence will be felt for decades to come, maybe forever.
And I don't think he molested those boys. I read a pretty good article on Slate talking about how MJ never grew up so it was natural for him to relate to boys.
i see no reason not to feel sad when people die that touch your life. celebrities touch a lot of lives, so they get mourned by a lot of people, it makes perfect sense.
i was equally appalled by the parents that apparently pimped out their kids for the lawsuit money.
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And this, to me, is pretty much the only reason to mourn celebrities over any one else.
I personally find it a lot more tragic and worth noting that since the start of the year nearly a couple thousand children have been killed or abducted in Uganda, and who knows what great things they could have produced for the world but will never have the chance to.
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i dont recall saying his death was tragic. it was tragic in terms of his age, people shouldnt die at 50. but in no way do i find it very tragic, and certainly not more tragic than other deaths.
people tend to mourn the death of people who meant something to their lives. celebrities touch more lives than the average person, so a lot of people mourn them. it is the same reason they are rich, mass appeal. i dont think most people mourn a celebrity more than someone they know personally.
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You didn't say it was tragic but being surprised that no one has commented on it seems out of place considering other current events. I compare levels of tragedy in terms of them being noteworthy or not. I'd comment on other, bigger, things going on in the world before the death of Michael Jackson.
Plus, his lifestyle had a lot to do with his death. I mean, people shouldn't die at 50, you're right, but they usually don't if they took proper care of themselves. So again, I think it's more tragic, and thus more worth noting, that all these people who didn't even have the chance to live healthy lives, but still may have lived longer than 50, and may have produced great things, are being slaughtered by means beyond their control.
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I have no personal reason to be particularly sad over this, and all the flooding of "OMGWTFBBQ MJ died" on my FB-page is nothing short of irritating. It is sad that he died, but it's not tragic, since people die all the time. What is tragic, is that little girl in Denmark whose father "forgot" to drop her off at the daycare and left her to die in the burning hot car, while he went off to work (same day as MJ died). Now that is tragic.
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And I don't think he molested those boys. I read a pretty good article on Slate talking about how MJ never grew up so it was natural for him to relate to boys.
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i was equally appalled by the parents that apparently pimped out their kids for the lawsuit money.
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