You are all so welcome for posting this. It was my pleasure to do so. And even more so to find it in the first place and listen to it. It is so inspirational. Michael was not only so talented, loving and generous, but he was extremely intelligent too. It all shows in this speech. That all came from his heart too.
I agree with the person who said how could a man who wrote this speech ever hurt a child? How could anyone really think that at all about him.
This speech made me miss him even more. It made me respect him even more. It made me love him even more. I did not think that was possible. I have never actually hurt or mourned over anyone famous that has passed away suddenly. Ever. Alice in Chains is my Favorite Band (along with The Police-my taste in music is all over the place as you can see LOL) and the lead singer Layne Staley died in 2002. I was so sad about it, but it didn't actually hurt like I knew him. I am not like that at all. But with Michael I am. Maybe because I have liked him since I was 8 years old and never stopped. Maybe because his music was the Soundtrack of my Youth. Maybe because he was my first memories of seeing Videos on MTV. Maybe because he was what got me into music at all in the first place. And I do love music too. Music is a HUGE part of my life too. I would be lost without it a lot of times. Music-Michael's, The Police, Alice in Chains, Sting and many others-has helped me get through many tough times. And Michael's music opened up that door to me. He really did. Now he is gone. So maybe that is why....
So I look forward to getting to know a lot of you on here too. It is nice to talk to people who feel the same way about Michael that I do too. To be honest on a good note, most people I know love Michael, never thought he did any of those things and are sad he is gone too. But of course as I am sure is the same with many of you, I have friends who feel otherwise. To them I just say-See the Media got ya. They got ya to buy into what they wanted you to see. To them you are sheep being led to the slaughter. You will believe anything they tell you to get you to buy into it. It's sad. I am glad that I am not that way. I am in no way naive either. But I know the truth when I see it and I also know when something is a lie when I see it. I have not had the easiest road either in life, so I have had to rely on that sense to get through a lot. To the degree of I would not be here today typing this to you all if I did not have that sense. So when my sense tells me that Michael did not do those things I always know to go with it. No matter how big a fan, if my sense told me that it was true about Michael with the awful allegations, then sadly I would go with it too. But as you can my sense did not tell me it was true about Michael, it tells me that he was being railroaded and did not do it. This sense I talk about is a sense that a lot of people sadly are not born with. And it they have even come up with a name for it too, maybe some of you have even heard of it. It's called "Common Sense". You know what I mean? LOL
So anyways that is a little bit about me as well here. Look forward to talking more with you all!
Karen
