by purplesofa 9 Replies latest jw friends
I hope when I die I am remembered for the better things I did in life..
A tribute performed by 1,500 CPDRC Inmates on June 27, 2009 in memory of Michael Jackson. Completed in 10 hours after receiving word that the King of Pop passed away. May he always be remembered. "Ben" and "I'll be there" were sung by Michael when he was still younger! "We are the World" was composed and organized by MJ.
Purps, thank you for posting this. I found it strangely moving. The fact that a large number of inmates in another country can unite in the service of paying their respects to a human being who has just died is amazing. Hearing "Ben" again after so many years reminds me of the aching yearning that characterized MJs earlier songs.
At times like this, I can still be astonished about how, slowly but surely over the decades, this seemingly normal but talented boy metamorphised into a mere shadow of his younger self - as if he were hellbent on wiping out all trace of who he once was.
Arent these guys the same ones who performed Thriller?
Arent these guys the same ones who performed Thriller?
Yup... that's why they're doing the tribute.
IMO, it's the best tribute that could be done for MJ.
think this is the one
I think it is important to remember that he may have not done the bad things he is said to have done. He may have just done stupid things that look that way. I wasn't there so I withold judgement on him. Whenever I find out someone was raised a Witness I go easy on any goofy behaivor I see them exhibit. I have wonder in the past as I still do now if he might not have received help if he had come in contact with some exjws or a website like this.
I think it is important to remember that he may have not done the bad things he is said to have done. He may have just done stupid things that look that way. I wasn't there so I withold judgement on him.
That seems a fair and reasonable position to take. On the other hand, Michael's ex-advisors have reported that they tried to persuade him to tone down some of his child-like public defensiveness about his preference for being around children. However, he could not see that, when it comes to allegations of a sexual nature, you not only have to do the right thing, but be seen to do the right thing.
In my earlier work in prisons as a registered clinical psychologist working with sex offenders they were often their own worst enemies: Insisting that they had a right to be with children even unsupervised. It was as if they didn't get a key point obvious to almost everyone else:
Don't repeatedly put yourself in (private) situations in which you lay yourself open to further allegations. It's noteworthy that more than 2 years after the initial allegations against Micahel arose, he continued to hold stayovers in his bedroom. Who can forget one intyerview in which Michael with a totally suprised look in his eyes, questioned his interviewer about why it was wrong to have young boys sleeping in his bedroom??!
Michael may well be innocent. However, he had a persistently disturbing "blind-spot" when it came to children - a trait that has been commonly found in convicted child-sex offenders.
Gee, I feel exactly like I'm watching the opening ceremonies of the China Olympics.
Only with a transvestite and inmates.
(you know because they did the whole human capital performance at the olympics, kbai)
