aight GJ... calm it down just a tad bit. reel it in.
i'm steppin in. i'm a have my say and i'm going to be out.
so. it might be a long one. you might want to snag some water or a cool beverage to drink as you read
or choose to read this wall of text but let me be clear.
MJ was that dude. he was an inspiration and he was great. no in fact he was better than great.
I did not know MJ personnally, and i'm sure many of us didn't. But we all still knew something of this
man. That's how great he is.
mention his name in any part of the world and there will be someone who not only knows his name
but can tell you their favorite song. and even some will know or recognize the dance that goes with it.
but he's passed. He's no longer with us. and no longer in this world.
What does that mean to us?
does that mean we can laugh at it? does that mean all of his sins forgiven?
all his past fueds forgotten? does that mean we honor him? do we cherish the things
he has given us. and remember him in a manner fitting.
to me it means do what you must to make peace with this man.
If cracking jokes is how you cope, do it.
laughing at it. feel free.
shouting out your favorite song. whatever makes you feel
you've said your piece to this man
so that you can move on.
do what you got to do.
but let me tell you one thing i noticed about MJ.. he hates conflict.
this thread here, is not just to tell you, that micheal jackson has died.
that goes for all threads in the same vain. It's not just to say oh shit,
this person died. or maybe it is. what I'd like to believe that people
are using this thread as their way to honor that person in a way they
saw fit.
if Mj hated conflict, then arguing about silly shit is doing a great disservice to this man.
sure GJ it's disrespectful. i agree. but i can't lie, if someone dies in a fucked up way or if
it was deserved, then I'm going to laugh at it. so in a sense i can relate to some of the
things these people are going through and even saying. what i'm saying to you is,
you can call them out on all their bullshit. and i'll co-sign. but you can't tell them how to
live their lives or even enforce your morals on them.
and in a thread that's made to remember a man. a man who hated conflict, and then proceed
to argue, and create conflict. then you're doin a disservice to him.
but you can't expect people to react the same way as you do about death and how they cope
with it. and you shouldn't really judge them for that.
I know it seems like i'm taking their side but i'm not. i'm being as neutral as i can be.
but back to MJ about conflicts. many of those issues went unresolved. I know some are probably now wishing they had the chance to resolve those matters and make their peace.
but that's only for the parties involved.
any sins he may or may not have commited he didn't commit them against us. only those people involved can truly forgive him those sins. we have no real say in the matter. we can judge him. but we can't truly judge him because we didn't know him. we don't know the truth of the matter. we only know what's shown to us. and those images could be warped, changed, adjusted, fixed, whatever you want to add, or the possiblity remains that it is the truth. But fact is you don't know for certain. But you can judge him based on those assumptions. but you don't know the actual truth of what went down.
only the people involved can. You can hear and listen to the he say/she say all you like but that's just an image. you weren't there. you don't know for certain. That's why there's only a few that can actually forgive him his sins if he did in fact commit them.
but i say again. I'm more than sure that a lot of people who left unresolved issues with this man, actually would love the chance to resolve those issues and make peace with him. but here? in this thread? no one here actually has any real issues to deal with this man.
all anyone actually has in this thread is their chance, their opportunity to say farewell to this man in however manner they see fit. and who are we to judge them for it? you want to spit? spit? throw dirt and slander on it. try it. MJ at this moment in time is so clean that he can walk through mud, tar and quicksand and still come out clean, smellin minty fresh and not sparkling but gleaming. he has no worries nor cares for this world anymore. he has the truth to the afterlife. he moved on.
do what you got to, to move on yourself.
with that... i've said my peace. i'm done. [/thread killer]
goodnight. R.I.P. MJ! your spirit helped me have one of the most glorious nights of my life so far. and hopefully, i ended this conflict in here that's doing you a disservice. Here's to rememberence.
in anyway we can remember you. and for all that you've done. Thank you.
