Michael Jackson

[sistermagpie]

> Maria:
 
> Since his death, there have been 4 people very angry who has 
> commented about how all this could of and should of been 
> prevented. (His nanny, His family lawyer, Dupack Chopra (close 
> friend)and his Spiritual advisor.) People all around him knew 
> what was going on,celebrities who know pay their respects, 
> also knew. He was in great pain emotionally, he didn't like his 
> self, this has been going on for years. His family also knew 
> this but let it go on. I do not care how famous you are, how 
> much money you have, you are still a person and someone should 
> have cared then and done something. This is what makes me so 
> angry that no one cared enough to be blunt, to do whatever it 
> took to say "Michael you're going to die if you continue like 
> this". 


Magpie:
Not knowing any of these people, I think it's still a lot easier to say people shouldn't have let something go on or should have done all it took to stop it--sometimes there is no thing you can do. Non-famous people watch friends and families destroy themselves all the time, often looking for help even more desperately than the person in question, but in the end they can't. Looking for help in songs is not necessarily the same as seeking practical help and having the ability to take it. (I don't think confidentiality clauses necessarily apply in this case, since speaking to the press doesn't really apply to helping the person. MJ's breakdown was pretty public already.)


-m