[kj] FW: Michael Jackson dead

[sade1]

> I’m spending the next two weeks in an isolation tank.


Hey, Michael used to do that: http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090626/482/8cf71bd66ab843099b47f43028550b5d/



... ... ... ... ... ... 

[looking at the current state of things..]
 
'Save me...
  save me from Tomorrow..
    I don't want to sail in this Ship Of Fools...'   





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From: Darren A. Peace <dpeace at bigfoot.com>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 10:26:09 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] FW: Michael Jackson dead


It would be reasonable to argue that MJ was acquitted of the child molestation charges. It would also be reasonable to mention that he paid out many millions of dollars to silence potential litigants. The conclusion is, I think, reasonably straightforward. 
 
However, Hitchcock was not a splendid fellow when he sent a very young Melanie Griffiths a little doll of her mother Tippi Hedren in a coffin. I still like his films. The issue arises, I think, when someone’s contribution to society is defined by their crimes.
 
Personally, MJ’s music brought me no pleasure (I still remember cursing whenever “Rock With Me” invaded my Radio Luxembourg listening), so am not affected by his death in the same way that I was by, say, Paul Raven’s.
 
What really pisses me off is the attitude of the media to this, predicated on the unshakeable conviction that I am really, really interested in the paedo. I’m not. Really, I’m not.
 
I’m spending the next two weeks in an isolation tank.
 
Darren
Hungerford, UK
 
From:gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Jim Harper
Sent: 28 June 2009 6:05 PM
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] FW: Michael Jackson dead
 
Aside from the implication that paedophiles are okay if they've also written some nice songs, my main grievance about this whole bloody circus is the media conspiracy to hush-up his charming recreational activities. I could be wrong, but none of the eulogies, bios and ass-kissing pieces of tripe that I've read actually mention his court cases and multi-million dollar out-of-court settlements. The closest any of them have come was a sheepish remark that "[his] later life was dogged by legal problems". Since when did being arrested count as a 'legal problem'? That makes it sound like some boundary dispute with a neigbour, or at worst a little income-tax evasion.
 
It's disgraceful. If Gary Glitter had actually written some half-decent songs, does that mean he was really a nice guy? When he dies do we all have to agree not to mention his child molestation in case it offends someone?
 
Jim.
 
--- On Sun, 28/6/09, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
It's all fucking meaningless. People have been force-fed this inane bologna for years that MJ was some sort of "genius' (the most abused word in the English language). Pile of fucking crap.

>I'm sick of it.

> 

>Alex in NYC

>

>

>-----Original Message----- 

>>From: jerry bodkin 

>>Sent: Jun 28, 2009 11:24 AM 

>>To: gathering at misera.net 

>>Subject: [kj] FW: Michael Jackson dead 

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>>From: jelbod at hotmail.co.uk

>>To: dpeace at suspiria.demon.co.uk

>>Subject: RE: [kj] Michael Jackson dead

>>Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:24:17 +0100

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>> If his fans liked his music, why didnt they have the c.d's, downloads etc already? Why the sudden rush to purchase and d/load. Somethings smells and dont just mean his corpse! 

>> 

>> Jelly.

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>>From: dpeace at bigfoot.com

>>To: gathering at misera.net

>>Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:07:37 +0100

>>Subject: Re: [kj] Michael Jackson dead

>>Oh Christ.

>>> 

>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8123085.stm

>> 

>Darren

>Hungerford, UK

 

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