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Agreed, BUT we wouldn't have the insight of this "random middle-aged man's" life that we have with Michael.  Very public interviews and documentaries (some that we later find were edited to favor guilt), the very vocal confessions about his childhood and us SEEING with our own eyes how he grew up.  What I mean is him growing up in the spotlight and the obvious enforced work ethic he had, even as a child obviously robbing him of any "normal" childhood.

Again, I am not by any means saying this makes him innocent I'm just saying (imo) there is almost an exact equal amount of evidence favoring guilt or innocence.  I wouldn't feel comfortable in proclaiming a verdict either way as of now.

Before I say anything else I want to say that I do NOT know if the guy is guilty of these things he's been accused of or if he is not.  I've heard opposing accounts of the "facts" over and over but nothing concrete has surfaced to make me believe with certainty that he was guilty OR that he wasn't...I DON'T know. 

You say if he was a "random middle-aged man", well the fact is he was hardly "random".  The guy has displayed that he has the mind of a child over and over LONG before the child abuse allegations.  Of course this continued throughout his life.  What "random middle-aged man" would sink his entire fortune into a place he called Neverland?

I sometimes myself see "most people" being influenced by the media and celebrities getting a different set of rules than the rest of us.  I see it quite often.  However with wisdom comes truth.  If you ONLY see this view of things then you become tainted in your thinking.  It is easy to get caught in that trap, I've did it myself and I believe you are doing the same now.  I say this because you are hell-bent on believing guilt regardless of just as much "proof" suggesting innoncence.   

I have heard many times this is totally false and if you use common sense it most likely is false.  Unless Jackson was hung like a horse, extremely small or had some sort of weird warts or scars what could someone describe that was so unusual? lol

As far as your Jason Francia example I have read MANY times that this was a falsified report produced by the maid who was looking for cash from the National Enquirer.   Here's one link talking about this, there are several others you can look up for yourself.    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151665,00.html

My whole point here is NOT to give you grief but to just to get you to see BOTH sides.  It is no better to deem someone guilty without proof than it is to proclaim how "fucked up society is in general" because someone believes he is innocent.

I don't know if he is guilty or innocent with certainty and probably never will.  He will be judged in a higher court soon and that is enough. 

During my lifetime I will hear BOTH sides with an open ear until something concrete surfaces.

Until then...RIP Michael and thanks for the great music.

Yeah, I was thinking maybe this would be really bad by the way it was talked up on the site but after viewing it I laughed.  Of course he acted like that, in fact it is expected for his personality to act that way if he was angered or frustrated after being wrongly accused.

Now by no means am I saying he was innocent, I truly don't know.  I tend to think he may not have did these things he is accused of strictly based on the fact I DO believe he had the mentality of a child.  That doesn't give him a free pass however, I just don't know if he is guilty or not.   This video certainly does't add credibility to the accusations in my opinion.  It could just as easily be viewed as him simply tired off all the accusations and reacting accordingly.