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Your thoughts on this crazed celebrity?

I think he made some great music but has turned into a much-hated loon.

[amourdevin]

At first I thought it would be common knowledge but then a few might not remember that Michael Jackson went through this once before. He paid that kid's family between $5 million and $15 million (depending on who you believe) to shut them up and drop the case. Uhm, I am sure he paid that much money over a frivilous lawsuit and potential criminal hearing with absolutely no merit (sarcastic). As a result, he was dropped from Pepsi's advertising campaigns, which probably cost him more than the actual hush money. Shortly after is when he got married, had kids and all which I suppose was a misguided effort to resurrect his image. The laws changed and victim's silence can no longer be bought. What is truly stunning about this is it has happened again and that any parent who loves their child would let Michael Jackson have anything to do with them. How stupid could Michael or the parents be?

Another case of crazed celebrity justice is OJ Simpson who is now being sued by the local cable company for about $20K for pirating cable. I still remeber the moron postal worker juror on his case (though he was ultimately dismissed) that sat through hours of DNA testimony that illustrated the astronomical odds against two unrelated people having the same DNA in simple yet intimate detail. Referring to the DNA evidence, he reported more or less, "So what, lots of people have the same blood as OJ?" It just goes to show you that the depth of stupidity is bottomless.

This post has been edited by amourdevin: May 3 2004, 07:27 AM