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by mg at 08:00 AM on February 01, 2005
I try to live my life always on the right side of history.
This is a hard thing to do because, while hindsight is always 20-20, foresight is slightly more astigmatic than Mr. Magoo. It is hard to know in the moment the things you will regret doing, saying, or never doing when looking back on your life. But you certainly have an idea.
One way it should be pretty easy to fall on right side of history is not supporting child molesters. Yet, hundreds of fanatics (and that truly is the right word here), have been camping outside the courthouse every time Michael Jackson shows up.
I’d find it difficult to find the time to take a day off work to go stand outside and cheer for astronauts returning from the first manned-landing on Mars, the U.S. military returning home because all violence everywhere on the world had ended, or if the Mets won the World Series, much less to show my support for an alleged child-molester.
Yet, there are people who have shown up outside the courthouse for every appearance. They’ve come from all over the world.
At worst, Michael Jackson is a repeated child-molester who drugs children, touches their naughty bits, and pays off their parents. At best, Jackson, with the appearance of an escapee from the island of Doctor Moreau, is a hideously self-disfigured man-child who has repeatedly put himself in the position to be accused of molesting children.
Forget if you are Jackson himself, let’s just imagine two years from now when this trial is finally over how you’ll be able to look at yourself in the mirror if (when) Jackson is convicted and you were one of the screaming fans outside the courthouse?
I’d think this would be an easy situation to fall on the right side of history.
comments (13)
I think it is interesting to note the confidence we put in a conviction. You are right. People will second-guess their actions if he is convicted. If not, then he is still teh king of pop... or at least was, it is agreed the man is a touch on the weird side. Why is so much faith put in the system? The system is merely run by humans liek ourselves, albeit educated ones. Nobody out there can convince me that the judge did not have some preconcieved notin of whether Jackson was guilty or not before the trial even began.
There are obvious exceptions to the rule: O.J. is still a murderer (in my opinion). But the point is courts have been wrong in the past. They will be wrong in the futire. Pretty much I'm sick of our rationalized world accepting what they hear. Be skeptical. All you decisions can not be made for you. And if the courts do clear MJ, that doesnt necessarily mean you should let him babysit.
by dominathan at February 1, 2005 9:39 AM
I don't think the King of Nepal supports Michael Thriller Jackson.
by LOCKHEED at February 1, 2005 2:50 PM
I occasionally can't sleep because my mind goes on a trip down memory lane and some of the things I've done and said force me to physically writhe as I think of them. "WHY!? Did I say that!?" *writhe, writhe*
It's usually a clear memory of saying something while completely wrecked, pissed out of my skull, and yet the memory plays as if I were sober at the time. Annoying.
I also have a habit of saying something out loud when I regret saying whatever just seconds after I've said it. "What the hell was THAT supposed to mean!? Ach just ignore me!" Type thing.
Poor MJ... He just wants to play in Neverland with lil guys and gals and never, ever grow old. He's the Peter Pan of our age. lol... Also, to my mind he’s as guilty as can be. I do think it's sad though that in this day and age a father letting his child sleep in his bed can raise the eyebrow of self styled judges with ill conceived opinions throughout neighbourhoods should people get wind of it. He is comforting his kid who has just had a nightmare, in reality, but in the minds of society he's doing evil things in naughty places. Sad, sad, world it is.
by Ex Crimson Guard NCO at February 1, 2005 4:40 PM
Nathan, the fact that OJ lopped off his ex's head isn't your opinion though it's polite of you to couch it in those terms. And the 12 dolts who so cavalierly unleashed him on the rest of us have those people's blood on their hands just as he does.
As for Jackson, I'm puzzled by the screaming masses (totalling a whopping 100 on the trial opener) too. My son said it all: Michael Jackson is old. He's old.
by anna at February 1, 2005 6:23 PM
Well Anna I don't think more comforting words could come from your child's mouth. It should help your sleeping patterns.
by dominathan at February 1, 2005 6:52 PM
Crimson, I'm the same way. Except not drunk. I can not remember how I got home tonight, but I can remember exactly what awful or embarassing thing I said to this person way back in 1991.
by mg at February 1, 2005 7:36 PM
I don't need to remember all my awful missteps because my wife keeps an up to date catalogue of all that. Some of which isn't technically true but through sheer repitition has become such. Like in 1984.
by Anna at February 2, 2005 7:50 AM
We call the journey home that we don't remember the Booze Scooter here, you may too? The ever reliable Booze Scooter. No explanation needed, no, "I don't remember mate." Just...
"How'd you get home last night?"
"Booze Scooter."
"Ah."
by Ex Crimson Guard NCO at February 2, 2005 8:45 AM
While I do have plenty of trips with the "Booze Scooter" I was completly sober last night, and I still don't remember being involved in my trip home. Isn't that scary?
by mg at February 2, 2005 1:00 PM
Maybe it just wasn't eventful enough to remember. Oftentimes my wife will feel the need to tell me what I did or said the night before, as if I wasn't there. The trick is to act like you remember, get as much detail as possible and then fill in the blanks. Works for me.
by Anna at February 2, 2005 6:16 PM
Where I come form from we call the "booze scooter" the "weekend weave".
Sometimes they just don't make the sidewalks wide enough.
by dominathan at February 3, 2005 9:02 AM
Back when I had a company car, I had to show my driving record to my employer. What's this, driving on the sidewalk in Encino CA? I go to the DMV like, WTF is this? So they corrected it but someone pushed the wrong button and erased my DWI reduced to reckless driving charges. Clean slate. Sweet.
by Anna at February 5, 2005 1:15 PM
LOL That's why I have always had a "home" button installed in every one of my cars and trucks. Remember that its very useful to use the "cruise" button in the morning so that you can concentrate on following the white lines while hanging out the door puking!
by Miike at February 21, 2005 2:33 AM