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| Michael JacksonÂ’s life, not his death, was tragic. |
| 2009-06-26 |
| Jonah Goldberg, "The Corner" @ National Review ...Calling Michael Jackson an icon doesn’t let him off the hook for anything. But to listen to the news anchors you’d think it absolves him of everything. I say: Who cares who his famous friends were? Who cares what a “fascinating” person he was? If you want to talk about his death as an end of an era, have at it. But that’s not what the Barbara Walters set is doing. I know that Michael Jackson wasn’t convicted of the despicable crimes he was accused of. And that’s why he never went to jail. Three cheers for the majesty of the American legal system. But in my own personal view he wasn’t exonerated either. Nor was he absolved of his crimes because he could sing, moonwalk or sell 10 million records. (Though many of us suspect the money and fame he made from those things is precisely what kept him out of jail). And, while I merely think he was a pedophile, I know he was not someone responsible parents should applaud, healthy children emulate nor society celebrate. And while we’re at it, his relatively early death wasn’t “tragic.” He was one of the richest people in the world. He spent his money on perpetual childhood and he was perpetually with children not his own. Meanwhile, in the last ten days, we’ve seen or heard of remarkable people who’ve given their lives for freedom in Iran. We’ve heard of innocents killed because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. In the last decade, America has lost thousands of heroes in noble causes and thousands of innocent bystanders who were denied the simple joys of life through no fault of their own. Those deaths are tragic, and we're hard pressed to think of more than a handful of names to put with the long line of the dead. If anything, Michael Jackson’s life, not his death, was tragic.... |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #12 I could care less about Michael Jackson - boring. I think all his music over the past 25 yrs has pretty much sucked. Now, In real news the house passed the cap & trade onto the senate. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2009-06-26 21:42 |
| #11 Well, he's not with us anymore, I'll def miss his music but not his weird appearances and scandals. Makes me feel older but we must stay in the now. RIP MJ |
| Posted by: Lumpy Angaith3743 2009-06-26 21:08 |
| #10 He lost me when he started changing himself into a white woman. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-06-26 20:35 |
| #9 Dr. Tiller, Dr. George Tiller to the white courtesy phone please. Your new roommate has arrived! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-06-26 19:19 |
| #8 file it under "prayers unanswered" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-06-26 19:14 |
| #7 Roman Polanski hasn't died of an unmentionable disease yet? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-06-26 18:41 |
| #6 Oh, well, at least, we all still have roman polanski. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-06-26 17:56 |
| #5 Who? |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-06-26 12:20 |
| #4 I never really cared much for the beat of his music but I have new appreciation for his timing. |
| Posted by: Gov. Mark Sanford 2009-06-26 11:24 |
| #3 farrah fawcett met G-d in heaven yesterday, and G-d asked her if she had one wish, what would it be. farrah said to G-d i would wish that every child on the earth be made safe. so G-d killed michael jackson. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2009-06-26 09:44 |
| #2 Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. - Euripides It applies to the MSM as well as Mr. Jackson. Dr. Frankenstein and his creation, parts of the same story. To the glory of ego. Meanwhile the plebeian media of the net will have to carry the business of maintaining the republic in the absence of responsible adults in other venues. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-06-26 08:15 |
| #1 Well said as usual, Mr. Goldberg |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-06-26 07:18 |