--- Jaimie Vernon <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> wrote:
> At Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:35:40 Mark Tate wrote:
> 
> >My question is how can he be so stupid to even
> allow for the opportunity to 
> >exist for such charges to >be levied (whether valid
> or not). What an 
> >extreme dumbass! And the parents of the kid
> involved are either just as 
> >stupid as jacko or gold-digging opportunists. The
> latter is not a remote 
> >possibility in my opinion. Even though I think he
> is the most fucked up 
> >public character, well, GG Allin may have him on
> that, there is a high 
> >possibility that it's extortion.
> 
> The family of the kid already released a statement
> saying that they are 
> leaving the case in the hands of the D.A.'s office
> and will be satisfied 
> with whatever results from their investigation. They
> adamantly refuted the 
> claim that they were going to file a civil suit
> later.
> 
> As for Jackson allowing himself to be caught in a
> trap all you have to do is 
> go back to that surreal interview he gave earlier
> this year where he 
> believed that there is nothing wrong in showing
> children love....by bedding 
> with them.....even as a 44-year old man.
> 
> He's truly delusional and doesn't have the slightest
> concept of impropriety. 
> You could see it in his face....like some crazed
> zealot he believes in his 
> personal mission of peace and love -- a Messiah
> complex if you will. And if 
> he just repeats that mantra long enough all the evil
> in the world will just 
> simply vanish. It's almost as if he never reached
> puberty. Just this eternal 
> youthful stasis....mentally, and (look at the
> plastic surgery, folks), 
> physically.
> 
> Not sure whether Jackson is actually the sexual
> predator the media is 
> painting him as. His moral compass just seems to be
> under-baked. The emperor 
> has no clue. His staff do not advise him when he's
> being a fool. And the 
> media tell him all too often.
> 
> Make no mistake....he's a brilliant tactition and
> thinks that wealth, power, 
> and seclusion on his fantasy farm will protect him.
> But that's to be seen, I 
> guess.
> 
> If he really cared for the children as he's always
> claimed he should have 
> just donated percentages to every album he ever sold
> to children's charities 
> in his name. But he seems to need some physical
> validation in "sharing" 
> everything he has.
> 
> A truly sad human being whether he's guilty of these
> accusations or not.
> 
> Jaimie Vernon
> 
> ~~~~you know, i agree.  i don't condone or approve
of his actions, but i think that he is definitely
spiritually sick. i think that he was warped in
childhood (again, doesn't absolve him of his
actions...but his dad certainly seems to have done a
number on him) due to an abusive home life and a
fantastical upbringing of wealth and celebrity.  

combine that with a healthy dose of what i perceive to
be mental illness (total disassociation/break from
reality -- fantasy worlds, plastic surgeries, phobias
re: germs, etc., the list goes on...) and you've got
someone who really isn't living in a world that we can
conceive of.  maybe he touches these kids
inappropriately and thinks he's being loving. maybe he
thinks he's 'playing' with them (remember how as kids,
we played 'doctor'??).  again, i in NO way, think this
makes this right, or does no damage to these kids or
makes this not confusing or harmful to them.  however,
it seems to be one way to explain what planet this guy
seems to be living on.

the other thing is....our society allows this sort of
behavior to go on by allowing the ultra rich and
famous to have extreme 'eccentricities' even when they
start to cross dangerous borders --- borders where we
would normally start to question someone's mental
health and maybe get them serious psychiatric help.
(also see: howard hughes...) we excuse them and allow
them to continue because they are rich and
celebrities.  what if we didn't allow him his exotic
animals and playlands that might contribute to the
alluring atmosphere to a 12 year old and his parents? 
what if people didn't pander to someone's phobias and
merely treated them with the same regard that we would
any other sick person?  what if we didn't allow
someone to pay off their debt to society in dollars
instead of through the proper channels of the justice
system that you and i have to play by? something tells
me that things like this wouldn't have a chance to get
near as far if our society didn't let fame and fortune
warp our perception of people beyond any semblance of
a balanced 'reality.'

my .04,
jocelyn



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