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Originally Posted by bitontheslide

I never liked Jackson's music, i never liked Jackson, I always thought he was very dodgy, and being eccentric does not excuse anyone for preying on little kids. That being said, the guy is dead, he can do no more harm, so it's of no concern to me what other peoples view is of him and I really don't know what either side of the arguments hope to achieve by regurgitating stuff over and over again. In terms of world problems its about as low on the priority list as you could get.

There's nothing to be gained by the public but there is plenty for his victims; bringing historic abuse out into the open can finally give closure and a sense of at least some sort of justice. Harbouring things like this unheard destroys lives.

My argument really has eff all to do with MJ, my "interest" in this or reason for continuing to argue against those who would vilify his accusers is that all victims of abuse should be able to share their story without being torn down and attacked for it. That is HUGELY important, whether the perpetrator is alive or dead.

I mean when it comes down to the story itself, my reaction has never been "what scum!" or "what an unforgivable paedo!" ... it's just "what an all around tragic and horrible story". Michael Jackson's life is a horror story and I don't know how anyone can deny that, even with ALL of the accusations out of the equation, he had an absolutely bizarre childhood, and adulthood, destroyed his face with surgery after surgery, and had terrible addiction problems that wound up killing him. He undeniably had SIGNIFICANT mental health problems, and a tragic part of that (in my belief) involved being sexually inappropriate with young boys. But his story is still a sad one in itself. Funnily enough - I get the strong impression that James Safechuck and especially Wade Robson themselves understand that.