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A Quick Question

by John Cole|  June 14, 200511:17 am| 20 Comments

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Will I be breaking my moratorium on all things Michael Jackson if I point out that I thought the people gathered at the courthouse yesterday releasing doves and throwing confetti are, to an individual, sick in the head?

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  1. 1.

    MI

    June 14, 2005 at 11:23 am

    I really hope those people are getting paid.

  2. 2.

    ppgaz

    June 14, 2005 at 11:28 am

    I put them in the same category as the perennials at the Elian Gonzalez media site, the Schiavo site …..

    People who go where the cameras are.

    Many notches below those of us who hang around where the blog action is ;-)

  3. 3.

    Compuglobalhypermeganet

    June 14, 2005 at 11:50 am

    Not only does it break the moratorium, but from what I understand from the ‘net last night, now you’re a racist homophobe, too!

    Sorry to break the news to you like that. It must come as something of a shock.

  4. 4.

    Mr Furious

    June 14, 2005 at 11:53 am

    Just when you feel like nobody could possibly be stupid enough to supply him with more victims, you see these delusional jackasses who continue to adore Jackson and rationalize this as some giant frame-up concocted by Sony and the D.A. That’s where the next batch of Neverland children will come from–those goddamn fools.

    THe next time around, the parents should be on trial right alongside Jackson.

  5. 5.

    Jeff

    June 14, 2005 at 11:55 am

    Thank God Mumia was tried someplace where jurors have brains.

  6. 6.

    Compuglobalhypermeganet

    June 14, 2005 at 12:09 pm

    Reminds me of a riddle an L.A. buddy sent me: How did Villaraigosa become mayor of Los Angeles? Answer: Mumia chose not to run.

  7. 7.

    Barry

    June 14, 2005 at 12:34 pm

    Yes, John, you would be.

    You would also be 100% correct, IMHO.

  8. 8.

    KC

    June 14, 2005 at 12:55 pm

    Jesus, doves?

  9. 9.

    JG

    June 14, 2005 at 1:18 pm

    According to Jacksons lawyer he will no longer have young boys in his bed. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0614Jackson14-ON.html

  10. 10.

    Compuglobalhypermeganet

    June 14, 2005 at 1:22 pm

    According to Jacksons lawyer he will no longer have young boys in his bed.

    So they’ll be on the sofa, then?

  11. 11.

    Anderson

    June 14, 2005 at 1:28 pm

    I keep expecting to see kids outside Neverland with “Molest ME, Michael!” T-shirts on. Maybe I shouldn’t have watched Natural-Born Killers a second time.

  12. 12.

    AWJ

    June 14, 2005 at 2:12 pm

    Perhaps I would need to be American to fully understand this, but could someone try to explain anyway: What is the reason for the morbid obsession certain conservatives have with Mumia? Is it a regional thing?

  13. 13.

    peggy

    June 14, 2005 at 2:20 pm

    Yep, guess you broke your moratorium, like many who didn’t hear the actual evidence, and chose to convict him for being weird.

  14. 14.

    Jeff

    June 14, 2005 at 2:22 pm

    it’s not a morbid obsession that conservatives have, AWJ.

    He was tried and convicted and that should’ve been the end of it, especially since the evidence was overwhelming.

    However, he’s become a cause celebre to unwashed leftist college kids, Parisians, and Hollywood has-beens.

    Believe me, it’s not “conservatives” who are obsessed. It’s Ed Asner, Ramona Africa, and Mike Farrell.

  15. 15.

    Nikki

    June 14, 2005 at 3:40 pm

    A quick answer:

    Yes.

    But weren’t they a bunch of freaks? Have you seen Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog’s take on them at Ifilm.com?

  16. 16.

    Jay C

    June 14, 2005 at 3:44 pm

    John:

    NO.

    Tx.

    J

  17. 17.

    Rick

    June 14, 2005 at 4:53 pm

    Jeff,

    And don’t forget, our Mumia is an honorary citoyen of Paris.

    Cordially…

  18. 18.

    Bruce Moomaw

    June 14, 2005 at 8:46 pm

    You’re assuming that they have anything in their heads to be sick, John. This is open to serious question.

  19. 19.

    The Phnom Penh

    June 14, 2005 at 9:31 pm

    It’s a symptom of the loss of meaning in most people’s lives. Lacking such, they attach themselves to the lives of famous others, trying to catch just a little of the rich, fulfilled lives they imagine their heroes have.

    Sorta like when I trackback to you, John.

  20. 20.

    AWJ

    June 15, 2005 at 9:17 am

    And don’t forget, our Mumia is an honorary citoyen of Paris.

    Heh, maybe some French still feel collectively guilty about Dreyfus and are overcompensating?

    (Just finished reading The Proud Tower–very interesting book)

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