Am I the only one..

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:23 am

..in the universe who is completely unmoved by the death of Michael Jackson? And if I am, does that make me a bad person?

sacrenouille · Post by **sacrenouille** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:38 am

For me, the real Michael Jackson died in 1991, so it's normal to feel unmoved by this clone's death.

Celtpastor · Post by **Celtpastor** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:47 am

@s1m0n: "You know, You're baad! You're baad!"

I'm not very moved about his death - I'm just very sorry for him what happened to his life...

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:56 am

I'm unmoved by all the news coverage. The news people have got to learn when to not report.

Post by **Dale** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:47 am

A teaser last night for a TV special to come this week:

"The world stops to mourn Michael Jackson."

and also in the spot, this unfortunate syntax:

"his children, the drugs--what really killed him?"

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:23 am

Naw...I kind of agree with Noodle up there--MJ more or less did himself in long before his actual Earthly departure. So now it's just the end of the weirdness.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:30 am

s1m0n wrote:..in the universe who is completely unmoved by the death of Michael Jackson? And if I am, does that make me a bad person?

Well you have started a thread about him so ye must be feeling something.

Slan,
D.

sacrenouille · Post by **sacrenouille** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:47 am

emmline wrote:Naw...I kind of agree with Noodle up there--MJ more or less did himself in long before his actual Earthly departure. So now it's just the end of the weirdness.

"Noodle"... Aye ! ah ah, I like it

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:56 am

dubhlinn wrote: Well you have started a thread about him so ye must be feeling something.

Irritation. The word 'moved' in this context means a set (or spectrum) of similar emotions like empathy, pity, sympathy, and grief. Irritation isn't one of them.

dwinterfield · Post by **dwinterfield** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:59 am

I sympathize with the millions world-wide who mourn his death but don’t share their feelings. I was pretty bummed when John Lennon got killed.

The coverage is becoming the story. My favorite recurring media line is something almost every reporter said in the first few days after he died. It was something like “… and now those 50 concerts won’t go on because Michael Jackson is dead.”

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:23 am

I was much more saddened when George Harrison died...and Luciano Pavarotti. That one hit me really hard, actually, and I can truthfully say I did mourn his death. It was just kind of weird with MJ because he was such an icon in my life when I was a teenybopper, and because he was so young. But I'm not all in mourning. I haven't dug out all of my MJ vinyl and listened to it endlessly. It's just a shame that his life had to be so difficult, and that he had to die without it getting better. But that's a shame for anyone.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:29 am

No, Simon, you are a bad person for completely separate reasons.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:44 am

mutepointe wrote:I'm unmoved by all the news coverage. The news people have got to learn when to not report.

Just be glad Ed McMahon's death didn't generate the same media frenzy. I'm not sure I could survive weeks of old Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes commercial re-runs.

As for MJ... No, Simon, you're not the only one. And many (not all) of the mourning fans they show on the "news" appear to be, in my opinion, seeking attention more than actually mourning. "Oh, look at me. See how sad I am. Now put me on the national news." Meh.

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:15 am

s1m0n wrote:..in the universe who is completely unmoved by the death of Michael Jackson? And if I am, does that make me a bad person?

I'm somehow just slightly moved, but basically onboard with you.

Bury him, already.

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:44 am

It was newsworthy on the day he died, and it will be worth a 30-second story when the autopsy results are in but enough already!

Whenever the media latches on to one story and keeps on and on and on about that during the "news", I always wonder what is going on in the world that they are NOT reporting on that will ultimately affect us more than what they ARE reporting on. (Where's my tinfoil hat? )

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