And then I come to this thread and I see the most disgusting, passive aggressive, tasteless remarks and jokes. The general music thread in B&C is even more vile than this one. I'm so disgusted to see the lack of respect being shown toward a human being in the hour of his passing. It really says a lot about the character of the people writing these remarks. I realize this is "just an Internet forum," but clearly, for some people, that excuses the fact that they are behaving reprehensibly toward a man who meant so much to millions of people who has just lost his life and the countless fans who are mourning. The lack of sensitivity by some of the people here is absolutely staggering. I'm sorry, but there is no way you can defend such behavior to me. Celebrity or not, guilty or not, he was just a human being and deserves to be shown some decency and respect.
To those in this thread who are legitimately mourning the passing of Michael Jackson, I stand with you. I very much remember taking my mom's vinyl copy of Thriller and burning it up on my record player as a kid. I owned "Bad" on cassette. And even as I grew up and moved on to different genres of music, there were always some Michael Jackson songs that still spoke to me. I am very sad about his death, not just because of what he meant to music and how he shaped our culture in the 80s, but because his life was clearly one that none of us would choose for ouselves. Tonight I feel in my heart a great deal of compassion for Michael Jackson and the life he lived under a scrutiny the rest of us can't even begin to comprehend. How that impacted him is obvious to all, and I sincerely hope that he is at peace.
