how does it feel?

[acafe]

i have so much to say that i don't even know where to begin. after many false starts, i'm just going to tell you what michael jackson meant to me

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[judee_levinson]

"a tragic figure. in a lot of ways, he never grew up. if he was in fact guilty, i don't believe that it was predatory, but a symptom of a sickness."

Completely agree.
I always thought, though I felt ill and ashamed of what (I believe) he did, that it wasn't as calculated as people made it out to be.
I think as he still genuinely believed himself a child, alot became confused and curious in his mind.
Though having said that, that's what a LOT of accused abusers etc say in their defence and he does absolutely fit the stereotypical profile of those who survive childhood abuse in their lives themselves. It's neverrrr gonna resolved or have an easy answer so I'm just trying to get my head around it all still :s

[acafe]

yeah, me too. we will never know. but i will say what i think happened... i think he had an inappropriate relationship with children only in the sense that he slept in the bed with them and crossed social boundaries... but the thing is, he admitted to all of that and never felt it was wrong. it didn't seem like he was really hiding anything. i'm pretty sure that his accuser in the 2005 trial admitted much later that he made it up (at the very least, michael was found not guilty beyond reasonable doubt). i'll have to do more research...

maybe he was guilty... but maybe he was simply a victim of extortion. :(