This is sad. He was really abused by his father as a child, including being fed hormones to prevent his voice from changing while he was making millions with his little boy voice. Listen to some of his early recordings and remember the sheer joy he managed to express, even though his own life was really miserable — it was like his music was his only escape. His early music and videos can really lift spirits.
So sad that he came to such a pathetic end, and ended up inflicting harm on other children. I really don’t think he meant any harm, but he was just too psychologically damaged to have a clue how to act normal, or to understand why his activities with young boys were harming them, or to understand how dangerous his obsession with plastic surgery was. Our society as a whole needs to take some responsibility for how he was allowed to disintegrate — obviously mentally ill to the point of being a danger to both himself and others, and yet no court would order him into a secure treatment/care setting or appoint a legal guardian for him.
BS. Everyone bears responsibility for their own actions. The "I'm depraved because I am deprived" defense doesn't work. Prisons are full of such people. Yet, many have come out of such circumstances and not committed such crimes. His ability as an entertainer doesn't excuse his actions.
I agree with you 100%....
wow....you talk as if you know all this personally?
You are so right. No matter how he turned out, or what he believed in, or what he did with children behind closed doors, he was also one hellacious entertainer.
I remember slow dancing to “I’ll Be There”. To this day, it brings back memories of my high school days, and the relative innocence of those times. I get misty-eyed when I hear the song (but not but Mariah Carey).
I hope that somehow he made his peace with God before he passed. He did, after all, bring a lot of joy to a lot of people.
Our society, Michael Jackson and Michael Jacksons face, disintegrated simultaneously.