nevermind our civil liberties, economic welfare or destructive foreign policy... THE KING OF POP IS DEAD!
Submitted by IR8 on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 22:26
I absolutely cannot function today knowing the sickening speed of which my entire social network has been alerted to the fact that both MJ and Farrah Fawcett have died today, also knowing the horrifyingly small percentage of people aware of the grave circumstances that encompass their own personal lives in todays increasingly totalitarian, conglomerate world.
The psychosis which supports such ridiculous grieving over a character that most people have never met or even saw in person (or even care for his music) while remaining willfully and completely delinquent of its own well being is too far beyond me to really cope with.
I am not happy anyone has died today, but im not particularly sad that the two prominent people plastered all over the news have died today either. I dont bear false pretense of feeling a way that might be accepted or expected for reasons which can only be explained as political correctness or common courtesy.
I just find it so disappointing that people have turned so apathetic to this world that they will absorb, malign and amplify any event not of consequence which will otherwise distract them from the horrible truths that no one will dare speak of that face us in todays sickly twisted, perverted world.
I share these feelings with you only because i feel that the people in this community might have SOME understanding or relation to the emotions of near disdain towards those who would dare be so shallow as to mark someone else's otherwise private tragic downfall as the main source of their attention and gossip.
god save our sorry collective selves.
While our Republic crumbles,
While our Republic crumbles, all eyes are distracted by the death/s of inconsequential people. Today the House is voting on capping and trading our @sses into poverty. Endless movements are afoot by the gangsters in Washington to disarm us, tax us, give amnesty to millions of illegals, force us into government run healthcare, and on and on, all being led by Barry "The Usurper" Soetoro. They fire the whistleblowers like Walpin, refuse to investigate ACORN or audit the "FED" and ignore the will of the people.
Wake up your parents, coworkers, friends, relatives and acquaintances to the deception of of this band of traitors.
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I grew up with his music and
I grew up with his music and all I can say is I will miss him very much ;(.
Sorry if people don´t understand but it feels like a piece of me died today ;(.
Does anyone know where he will be buried?
That would be awesome.
in the earth?
in the earth?
wow.
you are right on man...
right the fuck on.
I am not a person who often
I am not a person who often curses, but lately with everything going on I find myself wanting to call the majority of Americans fucktards.
This reminds me of Plato's
This reminds me of Plato's Republic where he talks about the three ways to steal truth from the masses.
1. Theft by Persuasion
2. Force- violence and pain
3. Enchantment- Fear and pleasure
It is a long read, but I recommend it.
He was murdered.
But I don't watch TV so I have no clue what they are saying. I do know that he was exceptionally HATED by the Hollywood machine for being as talented a businessman as performer. He owned music they have wanted to own sice his marriage to Lisa Prestley. I was surprized to hear he was in America, as his last trial in CA, he left and said he would not return. I honestly don't know much about MJ. I never bought a record of his. I am not a fan, but I did really like Rockin' Robin and ABC when I was a kid.
Im sure NK LOVED MJ.
rip
the king of pop
people are drugged and bombarded with propaganda
They have emotions when they are told to. The robotic soceity we live in doesn't allow people to think of feel for themselves. When the Tv tells them everyone is mourning they jump in step and feel the emotional outburst they are advised to like a release of a pressure gauge.
Until Americans have disconnected their reliance on the boob tube to tell them what to think, the way of America with freedom and liberty will go in the night while our citizens slowly lower themselves into the warm bath called Socialism. When they are slaves to their government they will wake up, and it will be too late to do anything but what they are told. Liberty will be a distant memory.
Let's say RP died!
What would the reaction be?
This reminds me of the day that Mother Tersa died, some other pop star died the same day therefore her passing and life's work went almost unnoticed.
Bite your tongue
I am not mourning MJ.
what a bummer
R.I.P. Michael Jackson
thanks for the awesome show
it's goin' down
great voice
clean, crisp... what a shame.
so yea, HR1207 all the way. end the wars. legalize the constitution.
but geez. mj died. i'm bummed.
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he may have been murdered
WHO knows
Does my burka make my butt look fatwa?
Does my burka make my butt look fatwa?
While all the sheep cry, I
While everyone is crying. I will be buying the dips in gold and silver.
I hear he went out John
I hear he went out John Belushi style.
Belushi was murdered
He wouldn't do as he was told and threatened to do what he wanted. Drugs don't kill, people who fuck with peoples drugs kill.
There is only one pop culture icon that I am concerned with.
His name is Barry Soetoro. He is likely a foreign national and he is the most dangerous puppet president I have know in all of my 46 years.
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he'll expose the whole charade and show why he can not only do better then Obama and Bush, but he WILL be president. I'd like Ventura to run, and Nader..just to keep elections interesting... and RP,,, but, I fear RP would back out and keep his congresional seat, again. Fool me once.
Too bad, he would have made
Too bad, he would have made a wonderful contribution to the Obama Administration, maybe he could be the Youth Czar.
He was very high profile
Will everyone have their undies in a bunch if there are threads the day that Paul McCartney dies? To some, MJ's death is the end of an era. I never understood the fascination- but I was right there and watched. Dont get so wrapped up in government hating that you forget to be human. Dont wait till the revolution is over before you feel like you can take a few minutes out of your busy "saving the nation " day to discuss the death of an icon. Be honest- if a celebrity YOU cared about died- youd be alot less judgemental about off-topic threads. I bet the Vatican Swiss Guards are talking about it in some hallway as we speak. Lighten up.
i appreciate your comments
but i think youre a bit misunderstanding what my point of frustration is.
To reiterate, i am not relishing in his passing nor am i hating on people for caring in such a direct fashion. Also this post has zero reference to any members or topics here started at the DP, but rather those friends family and coworkers who had zero interest in the man or his music or had any respect for his person until today.
And as such, my analysis is that there are people that are genuine fans that are upset and such, but for the large part it really feels like people psyche themselves into feeling connected and upset as if to somehow associate themselves with a momentous event in pop culture.
Aside from allllll of that nonsense, the real core of frustration and annoyance is how the news of a death of a brilliant entertainer bears more relevance and attachment to the everyday realities of such evils that not only combat us as citizens and threaten our very livelihood in a very direct manner, but also those atrocious events that occur, usually involving killing people, that is being done in our name on an all too frequent, every day occurrence.
Nothing about this thread is meant to somehow judge, diminish or demean the deaths of those famous people who passed away today, but i find it rather pathetic of all the deaths that have happened in conflict and or collateral damage through aggression, these will be the only ones they know about. My opinion is that many people who did know about them wouldnt really care nearly as much anyway.
Two explanations & some sympathy
1. The vast majority of people -- especially those born before 1970 -- have two compartments in their mind for Michael Jackson, pre-1993 and post-1993. The death of anyone brings to the forefront positive memories, in this case pre-1993. Michael Jackson was one of the greatest dancers of all time. When I went to show my five-year-old dancers on YouTube this past week, I showed her Michael Jackson, Fred Astaire, and Mikhail Barishnikov. People who you say "may not have cared for Michael Jackson" may have just been in their post-1993 mindset, but with his death now evaluate his life -- and impact upon their own lives -- in its totality.
2. The effect of celebrity upon society is real. It's better to understand it than to rant about it. Celebrities -- especially television celebrities -- become proxies for friends. Television celebrities are invited into viewers' living rooms, and common experiences are shared. When a celebrity dies, a friend has died. Not only is a connection lost, but it brings to mind one's own mortality, especially with these deaths at younger ages and resulting from disease. Both of these celebrities were launched by television, so we can take some solace for the future that such television celebrities may be harder to mint in the future. Michael Jackson's career was launched by a single television moment in 1983 -- when he moonwalked on the Motown 25 year anniversary television special. Could that happen in the era where YouTube is replacing television? I doubt it.
Finally, some sympathy to your post:
3. We have become numb to the wars and their deaths in the same way we have become numb to 42,000 annual automobile deaths and rampant drug-related crime. Those are ongoing problems that have faded into the background. The deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett are news against this background. What is outrageous is that these wars were easily preventable before they were started -- in contrast to the difficulty of solving other ongoing big problems of the day such as automobile deaths. The Obama-voting public should be up in arms for perpetuating Bush's wars. People seem to have acquiesced to the idea that all politicians are liars. Helplessness is being accepted and is now part of that accepted background. I don't have any answers, thus this sympathy toward your psot.
Well Put!
He was a part of American history and a piece in the mosaic we are fighting to preserve, so that one day another great artist can be at liberty to entertain us in a free world where music and dance are valuable contributions to our way of life. That makes it very much worth mentioning today. Not dwelling on, but worth mentioning here.
Jacko Assasinated by the CIA!
CIA whacked him because he was going to expose the "moonwalk" as a fake!
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Not funny, Troy.
So consider this.
The man you're treating so lightly on the day of his death was more successful and talented at seven years old then you'll probably ever be in your life.
Grow up.
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I agree 100%. You go girl!
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Molesting children makes you
Molesting children makes you a sucessfull person? Not in my book.
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First off, I watched that
First off, I watched that trial carefully and the only disgusting thing was the lies from the kid and his mother, and I doubt you followed anything OTHER than what you WANT to believe and what appears to be an easy target.
This is the same vile stuff that was said about Dr. Paul and him being a racist. Just because people make accusations and they may even look to be true, doesn't make them. There is not a question after watching the trial that he didn't do anything with that kid. They saw easy money at an easy target.
You should be ashamed of yourself making statements UNLESS you have PROOF of it. And you should respect the verdict. After watching the trial I would have been surprised if they DID find him guilty. But like a lot of people, they love to swing mud out at others.
We can't know that for certain. He could have been set up, and
he seemed pretty messed up like he suffered some kind of trauma at some point in his life when he changed his skin color and messed with his facial features. That was very sad since he had the most beautiful eyes and face when he was young.
That whole debacle with the child molestation was deeply disturbing. He could have been used by the CIA for all we know, like MKultra trauma based mind control. A lot of those Hollywood/Musicians are used in bizarre ways. Just look at Britney Spears. I truly pity them. They were all used as children and were corrupted in one way or another.
He was my age and I recall when I was twelve, I bought a 45rpm record with his beautiful singing, 'I'll be there', knowing we were the same age.
I agree very much with the author of this thread regarding the 'priorities' and distractions in proportion to what is 'really' taking place in our country. Quite agree with the sentiment for sure.
However, both these people were somehow part of our lives whether we like it or not and they simply bring me back to the 70's, when I recall their influence on my life as a young girl.
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Trial by jury exonerated him ...
and that is something we should respect, our juries.
Like the OJ Jury
Piece be with you
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That's BS, greatscott.
He was never convicted of anything and it was well known the mother put the kid up to it for money.
From a reader at Lew Rockwell:
"Michael Jackson, the greatest pop music artist of the 1980’s, has died. True, he didn’t really produce much music of interest since the early nineties, but he certainly produced more great music before age 35 than most people produce in a lifetime.
His later life was filled with all those scandals. I don’t know if he was a child molester or not, but I’m less inclined to believe a government prosecutor than I am most private citizens. Besides, only fools send their children to spend the night at some bachelor’s isolated mansion, so Jackson was certainly never a threat to my family one way or another. I wish I could say the same for the government hacks and tax collectors who hounded Jackson for most of his later life."
I'm only mourning the death of...
Farrah Fawcett. As for Ed McMahon and the child molester they are non-issues.
And you are an idiot. From
And you are an idiot. From Bambi: If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all....
If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all....
thanks e. that simple axiom is basically what i have been saying about
all the post on the DP in general.
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Nothing has changed
The world has always latched onto the iconic of it's inhabitants.
And the "rulers" of the world have always made note of that fact.
It's nothing new.
Sometimes our weakness is exploited to the point that some Icons can appear from nowhere. Obama is a perfect example.
We've always collectively mourned the passing of someone who we've considered important. And we've never considered their privacy in our quest for more information. We never will.
The only real difference is the speed
It wasn't that long ago that we passively waited for the information to come to us. our only participation was to turn the channel from ABC, to NBC, to CBS. And we had to get out of our chairs to do that.
Now we actively pursue the information. and if we're quick enough, we can be the first to alert the rest of the world.
So I agree with you.
but this is not a new phenomenon.
The length of our collective attention spans HAVE changed, however.
it's much shorter. THAT is something that can be used to advantage.
Right now there is something that the world has in common. they all know Michael Jackson. Perhaps you can figure out a way to use that to your advantage. In a week, you can smack them upside the head with reality. Do it too soon, and you'll be wasting your time.
"I don't endorse anything they say"
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jimboz fight,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,nope he lives on
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Assumptions.
You assume because it's a big-deal in the media, that his death is important to everyone. Of course it's going to make news, so what? So did Elvis on the day that he died. It blows over.
Who are you to judge others?
There was only one thread about Michael Jackson on DP and it seems to be dying. Why you felt the need to post this, I'm not sure.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I can tell you I was pretty sad the day Johnny Cash died. You see, I like music and movies and art. I have the right to be distracted and to be entertained. That's part of the reason I fight the "isms" of this world. To have choice.
Being shocked and feeling sad about the death of someone who entertained you and made you happy isn't psychosis. It's called being human. Personally, Michael Jackson isn't in my top ten but I'm not going to judge others if he was their favorite performer and they're hurt by his passing.
Guess you weren't around "the day the music died". Someone was so sad they wrote a song about it.
; )
and probably
the WORST song EVER written at that!
who are you trying to kid?
that song blows.
"and i asked her for some happy news.....she just smiled and turned away"
gimme a break.
thanks for the post. it hits home.
i too was sad the day johnny cash died. i remember my oldest son calling me
to tell me. he was a great man.
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this one is worthy of a bump
something to think about...
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This is the first
I heard of it. I am so happy I didn't know or hear about it until now.
Here's a Michael Jackson thread worth commenting on
I don't know if I am just behind or just ahead of you. It is not the society that makes me so sad, I gave up on them already at some level. What gets me is how long that thread has circulated HERE - that bums me out.
What can you do though? Thanks for sharing, and I hear you...
The Conspiracy Nut in me...
So, undergo tons of cosmetic changes (or was it a mask)? and change your physical appearance. In a flash, he's gone. Or is he? Maybe he decided to go underground? lol.
The best cover-up in the world!
ok just kidding, but ya never know.
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