Originally posted by Frenchy
Wow, Alfredo, your comments are totally impressive. I must admit that I am still a little bothered sometimes by the fact that some MJ fans are not as open minded as one think they would be. To hear someone say that "Well, Mike's not gay but I wouldn't care if he were" instead of "What are you saying you f***ing a***" is what I call open mindedness. Good for you. :thumbsup
But just to come back to the gay thing, I really think what Mr. Idiot is trying to do here is to basically say that if Mike is gay, there's more of a chance that he could be a child molester. And that's why the persecution insists so much on the fact that there are way more boys involved than girls. In the end, it all comes down to, not fear, but rather ignorance: fear comes from ignorance because people are scared of what they don't know or don't understand (see "Ghosts"). Racism, homophobia, antisemitism, xenophobia, chauvinism... -- it's all ignorance.
Love your neighbor, love one another, that's all I have to say. I'm sure Mike would agree. We love you Mike.
That's exactly my point. None of this is relavent. I (we) love MJ for who he is. I don't have to ask questions that are none of my business. I don't want to know about his finances or his sex life. I pray that he is healthy, safe, and happy. Period.
All of these people (Sneddon and the media) want to win at any cost.
So what if I cross the line ethically to introduce or suggest irrelavent (gay/hetero) information. I win.
So what if I label all gay/lesbians as defiants not worthy of personal trust or child rearing responsibility. I win.
So what if I set the cause of equality back 20 years. I win
So what if I single-handlely add 10-20 million gays/lesbians to the national pedophile registry. I win.
I win by making you afraid of MJ and/or some imaginary homo (for effect) out for your kids.
I win because you're afraid to raise your voice in support of real justice.
Frenchy, we (as a nation [mostly our president]) are not afraid to wage war in Iraq for the cause of freedom and justice. Why are we afraid to do the same here at home? The two topics at first might seem irrelavant but what drove us to war in Iraq - fear of WMD. This is a country of very intelligent people of vast means however, we're too lazy to study the facts and too afraid to be wrong and even more afraid to be right. We just want to be in the majority.
These talking heads are feeding off that. Tom Sneddon has built a career off fear. Look what happen to Gary Dunlop when he challenged Sneddon for his prosecutorial racial profiling. Sneddon got away with that for so long because californians in his district were afraid of loosing thier jobs and identity to hispanics and hispanics were too disenfranchised to protect their own. Of course, he brings the all-to-willing media (Diane Demon) along for the ride and a little show-n-tell!!!
my opinion :thumbsup