In the vapid minds of too many "fans", the continued adulation is a tacit permission to do what he did and suffer no consequences.
I believe that today's 24/7 worldwide media are the reason the devil is called "the prince of the power of the air" in Ephesians:
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience... --Ephesians 2:2
Hey, if I go to the Michael Jackson worship center, can I get cookies and milk too? Maybe I’ll invite Bawney Fwank to to tag along.