Posted by "The Swingset Scene" at user163.net487.nc.sprint-hsd.net on February 06, 2003 at 10:03:55:
In Reply to: After seeing various posts here posted by Will Turner, Karaoke King on February 06, 2003 at 08:16:37:
:Does anyone here actually feel sorry for Michael Jackson?
-I wouldn't say I felt sorry.
The guy's been hounded for years. I heard one source say "If he did some good music, we wouldn't hound him about his private life" This is such bullshit!
-I don't agree with that. You don't have to suck to get bad press, and you don't have to be good to get good press.
:I admit, some of the shit he does is very creepy, but I think he's someone who needs help, not condemnation.
-Maybe a bit of both. I think the whole thing reminds me of the Howard Hughes story, which basically, from my understanding consisted of Mormon handlers that LET him slip into a drug addiction that kept him locked in a room in some hotel while THEY made all of his business decisions. And then he died, and was one of the worst cases of neglect that doctors had ever seen, based on the bed sores, long hair and fingernails, etc.