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RIP Micheal Jackson - Event Date: 25 June 2009
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Shasta's Aunt, i agree with you... I too have tuned it out...

Gibbs, some people are actually quite obsessed.. as the press foes on and on about it.. and people spending hours or days talking and writing, etc.

And we Muslims should not feed into 'celebrity' culture at all. Say a dua and leave it be. We can do nothing about it, and to focus on it is not Islamic. The only thing we should do, after a Dua is to take this as a Sign that we too will die and we should be striving to improve ourselves. 
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Well that is the key word "some." The issue here is the media not the people. You cannot possibly note a few people you see on television and say the world is obsessed. I'll admit, the media coverage concerning MJ is a bit alarming considering the state of affairs in various countries. I do believe the media in part, is to blame for the increase in so-called obsession when it comes to MJ coverage. Again MJ was a famous entertainer and although I would personally glorify his death as a type of post-messianic age, I would say that despite his own personal demons made alight in the media, he was one talented human soul.
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/oj/view/3_hi.html
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The media feeds into the frenzy but it wasn't 500 million media members who logged onto the Staple center website the first hour.

"Well  Michael much like religious figures were influential in the lives of many people across the world."
 
I wouldn't exactly compare Michael Jackson to a religious figure, although the fact that you do speaks volumes....
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OK guys here is a different take on MJ...

Long Island Lawmaker Calls Michael Jackson a �Lowlife�

Published: July 6, 2009

United States Representative Peter T. King, a Republican from Long Island, condemned Michael Jackson this week as a �lowlife� and �child molester� who does not deserve the public adulation he has received since his death last month.

Mr. King also criticized public figures who have praised Mr. Jackson, who died on June 25, saying they �have made fools of themselves by talking about Michael Jackson like he�s some kind of hero.�

Mr. King, who is considering a run for United States Senate next year, made the comments in a video that his campaign made on Sunday in front of an American Legion hall in Wantagh, N.Y., after he attended Fourth of July celebrations, his office said.

In the video, Mr. King described how he had been reminded of the sacrifice that firefighters, police officers, military personnel and other Americans have made on behalf of the country, �none of who really get much credit.�

�Yet for the last � I don�t know for how long now � this lowlife, Michael Jackson � his name, his face, his picture � is all over the newspapers, television, radio,� Mr. King said. �All we hear about is Michael Jackson.�

�Let�s knock out the psychobabble,� he continued. �This guy was a pervert, was a child molester. He was a pedophile. And to be giving this much coverage to him, day in and day out, what�s it say about us, our country?�

In 2003, Mr. Jackson was indicted on child-molesting charges.

A young cancer patient claimed the singer had befriended him and then groped him at his Neverland estate near Santa Barbara, Calif. He was acquitted of all the charges.

At one point in the video, Mr. King said that the news media had �disgraced itself,� an apparent reference to the extensive coverage devoted to Mr. Jackson since his death. �There�s nothing good about this guy,� he said. �He may have been a good singer, dancer. But the bottom line is: Would you let your child or grandchild be in the same room with Michael Jackson? What are we glorifying him for?� 

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I think it comes down to being PC-politically correct.

i think it could be argued that he is a mirror for many flaws and problems with much of humanity.. the narcistic behavior etc.

It is societies in the pursuit of 'happiness' and the ends justify the means.. do what you want. 
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Elephants lumber to Staples before Jackson service

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FILE - In this July 15, 2008 file photo originally supplied by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, take an early morning stroll en route to the Staples Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Stefano Paltera, file) (Stefano Paltera - AP)
 
The Associated Press
Tuesday, July 7, 2009; 8:15 AM

LOS ANGELES -- Hours before a public memorial for Michael Jackson, a herd of elephants is on the march through downtown Los Angeles in a fitting start to a circus-like day.



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It's funny when he dies people mention him being a "pedophile" a "molestor" a this or that. "Wacko Jacko" is what the media used to call him. The truth of the matter is none of us knew him and as far as the allegations of child molestation are concerned, he was not found guilty. If anyone is familiar with U.S. courts once an individual is found innocent they are innocent. I thought it was ironic that a Reverand would go on television and talk about is character when many priest in the "Christian umbrella" have abused children for many years if not decades.
 
I also thought this was interesting.
 
�There�s nothing good about this guy,�
 
"He may have been a good singer, dancer"
 
People ought to realize that he was an entertainer who entertained generations of families. I think for both reasons negative and positive he is getting so much media coverage.
 
 


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