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[Mr Reasonable]

Imagine wacko as a masculine presenting black man (deep voice, beard, avg to heavy size and weight etc) none of this sleepover shit would have flown

Jackson talking in falsetto was absolutely an affectation, how calculated a move that was I don't know, but he was definitely not speaking naturally.

 

[Baemono]

Imagine wacko as a masculine presenting black man (deep voice, beard, avg to heavy size and weight etc)

Funny enough he has only one song where he sings with his real voice



Reminds me of Jeffrey Osbourne's voice

 

[Toots]

He had sleepovers in the same bed with kids as an adult.

You are oversimplifying the situation.
A traumatising childhood like he had could cause serious developmental issues.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

You are oversimplifying the situation.
A traumatising childhood like he had could cause serious developmental issues.

You're not being rational here. Looking purely at the behaviour and putting aside whatever affection you have for the man's work or even for his story, his behaviour is absolutely not something that would be explained away in any other circumstance.

Sadly, many, many adults have had traumatising childhoods, including very successful people. Having innocent sleepovers with children when you're 35 is not a thing, even if you had a really bad upbringing.

 

[TMONSTER]

There is a huge amount of people who are salty that the Michael biopic is doing numbers, they will eat this up. Easy layup for Netflix.

 

[Vick]

Let alone all the bullshit debunked from Leaving Neverland, or the 14 years FBI investigation concluded "without finding any evidence of criminal conduct on his part., I won't even go into the "conspiracy theory" that perfectly explains why this character assassination took place, but Jackson was innocent.

Weird, freak, whatever. But he never harmed a child. I've seen enough material in my life to know how much kids trusted and loved him, to know you can't use regular standards to judge a person like him.

A "regular black dude" won't spend time jumping on the bed like a little kid while being a guest in VIP houses.

 

[Days like these...]

You're not being rational here. Looking purely at the behaviour and putting aside whatever affection you have for the man's work or even for his story, his behaviour is absolutely not something that would be explained away in any other circumstance.

Sadly, many, many adults have had traumatising childhoods, including very successful people. Having innocent sleepovers with children when you're 35 is not a thing, even if you had a really bad upbringing.

My dad grew up without a mother or father. Raised by his grandmother started working by shining shoes before he was 10. Even though "He DiDn'T hAvE a ChILdHoOd!" He's not a perv. Imagine that?

 

[Vick]

My dad grew up without a mother or father. Raised by his grandmother started working by shining shoes before he was 10. Even though "He DiDn'T hAvE a ChILdHoOd!" He's not a perv. Imagine that?

Your dad wasn't what's arguably the greatest artist that has ever lived.

If you think people brains are all wired equally, there's really nothing that can be done for you.



There are so many things all around us to be thankful for. Wasn't it Robert Frost who wrote about the world a person can see in a leaf? I think that's true. That's what I love about being with kids. They notice everything. They aren't jaded. They get excited by things we've forgotten to get excited about any more. They are so natural too, so unselfconscious. I love being around them. There always seems to be a bunch of kids over at the house and they're always welcome. They energize me, just being around them. They look at everything with such fresh eyes, such open minds. That's part of what makes kids so creative. They don't worry about the rules. The picture doesn't have to be in the centre of the piece of paper. The sky doesn't have to be blue. They are accepting people too. The only demand they make is to be treated fairly and to be loved. I think that's what we all want. I would like to think that I'm an inspiration for the children I meet. I want kids to like my music. Their approval means more to me than anyone else's. It's always the kids who know which song is going to be a hit. You see kids who can't even talk yet, but they've got a little rhythm going. It's funny. But they're a tough audience. In fact, they're the toughest audience. There have been so many parents who have come to me and told me that their baby knows 'Beat It' or loves 'Thriller'. George Lucas told me his daughter's first words were 'Michael Jackson'. I felt on top of the world when he told me that.

The innocence of children represents to me the source of infinite creativity. This is not any intellectual kind of intelligence, but an intelligence that is full of wonder, magic, mystery and adventure. In this intelligence there is love, there is trust, there is joy and there is beauty. It is the kind of intelligence that will heal the world.

The magic, the wonder, the mystery and the innocence of a child's heart are the seeds of creativity that will heal the world. I really believe that.

What we need to learn from children isn't childish. Being with them connects us to the deeper wisdom of life, which is ever-present and only asks to be lived. They know the way to solutions that lie waiting to be recognized within our own hearts.

There are these two sweet little kids, a girl and a boy, and they're so innocent; they're the quintessential form of innocence, and just being in their presence I felt completely speechless, because I felt I was looking in the face of God whenever I saw them. They inspired me to write 'Speechless'"

One of my favourite pastimes is being with children – talking to them, playing with them. They're one of the main reasons why I do what I do. Children are more than adults. They know everything that people are trying to find out. They know so many secrets, but it's hard for them to get it out. I can recognize that and learn from it. They say some things that'll astound you. They go through brilliant, genius stages, but when they become a certain age, they lose it. So many people think certain things are childlike, but grown-ups are really nothing but children who have lost all that real magic by not noticing and digging and finding out. I believe in that deeply.



Truth is, Michael Jackson never did those things, as law can confirm, and all the people who truly knew him and were close to him can attest. And no amount of stupid ass theories or shit you can write on this gaming forum, or amount of left under hours of videos and factual statements is going to change that.

 

[Woggleman]

There are some people who think he had high functioning autism and it makes sense.