Originally Posted by chilliwilli

Wow...Who in their right mind would even let any celebrity, let alone anyone they don't know babysit their children? I've said too many times to remember, on-air talent shouldn't ever even be considered as role models, parents are.

I personally choose to focus on the arena in which i became familiar with MJ and that's as an ARTIST. Debating any celebrity/talent's personal life is completely and beyond moot.

All said and done, although imo tasteless, your opinion. When you think of Sinatra, do you consider his vast negative associations? Or Elvis, do you consider the 14 year old girls he was sleeping with or the underage girls living with him in his home? Although a part of their personal lives, their immense talent overshadowed their downsides.

Having worked in the industry, you quickly acknowledge so many variables as to why talent/artists are the way they are. in the case of MJ, most haters don't even know his background enough to understand the artist, let alone the man. They assume reading wiki or watching news reports sums it ALL UP. If your personal life played out in the public eye, exacerbated by media for the sake of profit, what secrets or smut, would we get to know about you?

It's your opinion and you're certainly entitled to it...but it doesn't even register as the impact MJ had on the GLOBE overshadows any negative and will become even more manifest after his death. BDS/soundscan reports and countless others sources will prove this fact.

You and all the haters have proved your opinions and points, you dislike the man and could care less that MJ is dead...WE GET IT! Now allow those of us who choose to remember the man in a different light, to mourn and celebrate his ingeniousness.