Posted on 04/07/2005 12:25:46 PM PDT by ex-Texan
that's exactly what I think. I think Jacko's a sick man, but in this particular case I don't think the prosecution has a chance. their evidence is shaky, and the prosecutors have in the past tried to wrangle money from famous people/companies
Begs the question: why didn't he do something about it then, to spare the boy the humiliation/crime/assault?
My sentiments exactly. I don't know whether or not MJ is a pedophile. What seems certain is he is an emotionally and mentally arrested individual in possession of great wealth who seems to surround himself with inept handlers, "yes" men, sycophants, shakedown artists and other assorted grifters.
Everybody in this case comes off as abhorrent, contemptible people!
You're entitled to your beliefs, my friend. But your belief seems a little strange to me.
Anyone watching the news is free to form their own opinion about Jackson's guilt or innocence. I've got my opinion. And if the jurors come back with a different opinion, it doesn't change my mind -- I sitll know what I believe.
Remember, we're talking California jury. OJ, the first trial of the brothers that murdered their parents, Robert Blake. I don't think the jurors respect evidence. They only want to get their face time on TV and a book deal.......
whether he is guilty or not is irrelevant. thanks to a good lawyer and questionable credibility on the part of the witnesses in many of these incidents, he will probably get off scot free.
Warped..
America has been warped into a democracy from the free republic it was created as.. and the people generally have been warped into socialists, even republicans.. Socialism is slavery by government and more than 50 percent of america wants some form of it.. Socialism is a social disease and you cannot have just a little of it.. Actually democracy is the disease and socialism is JUST a symptom.. No democracy ever created anywhere was not a socialist system.. till this day..
Are YOU a socialist.?. in some aspect.?.
Be careful with the answer.. you may be lying to yourself..
I'm over 60 and the answer is not easy for me either..
I don't know about that. Sometimes evil comes from a lust for money, or from a lust for sex, or from a lust for power, etc. The worst evil seems to be motivated by religious or ideological reasons -- not financial reasons.
Your on the right track.. You'll eventially put the dots together has come up with the right answer.. I have faith ye'..
Why?....Are you on the Jury? The "presumption of innocense until proven guilty" only applies to the jurors. The rest of the world (including you) can think whatever they want. Do you really think he's innocent? OJ Simpson was found "not guilty" by a jury.....do you believe he 's innocent of the crime of murder?
That's ignornat. He's just ignorant.
--and I am thankful for those rich white slaveowners who wrote the Constitution--it even applies to the ignorant--
I never liked the phrase about money as the root of all evil. I always thought that was used mainly by leftists -- they want to attack a productive economy, while they hide the evil motives behind their lust for power and dominance.
I'm with you on this one.
We saw what happened when Robert Blake had unscrupulous witnesses testify against him for the prosecution.
His testimony just isn't that credible. If there was a *current* employee at the ranch, or one who left to pursue other opportunities and didn't part on bad terms with Jackson and subsequently try to get money out of him, the prosecution would get a lot more mileage.
so will the jury members laugh about this, as they did about the other kid's testimony?
The tabloid offered the Newts' father, Ronald Newt Sr., $200,000 to say that something happened between his kids and Jackson
But answer me this: MJ already KNEW that he would be a target after having to pay out the millions to earlier accusers. Why would he ever put himself in that position again? Only a compulsion to sleep with (and probably worse) would explain it. In that case, he needs to be locked away from the public, since there are people stupid enough to feed their children to him.
Frankly, I see this case ending with either a flight from the US (good riddance!) or a suicide. He's not going to spend one night in jail, look how much of a conniption fit he had over the 45 minute booking process.
Oh, really?
I can't stand this guy, but I haven't seen anything compelling that says he's guilty either. Not yet, at least.
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