Guys this is all getting way too heated in here. People in the end of the day should not be guilted into doing something. They should do it at their own free will. Justice is imperative here and yes I do believe making noise does help get the point across. But it has to be understood that it is simply not feasible for people to attend every demo. Some people are uncomfortable with doing things like this and that is their personality, people should not be guilted into it. I applaud you Moon, people like you and Mayah and Pez work tirelessly to educate the public and some of them are painfully ignorant about what has happened. I truly and honestly respect you for what you are doing. I admire your dedication to this so much. But the impression I am getting is that it is being dealt with the completely wrong way in recruting people to come to the demos. People simply cannot be made to feel guilty about not being able to come, that is simply not fair. It makes you no less of a fan. As I said before you guys do an amazing job and I respect you a lot, I always have done for years. Justice is important but as Tom rightly said we on a whole are quite powerless, but it doesn't stop us making noise. The main thing is the guilt tripping people does need to stop, it simply isnt fair.
can i add to this, that Michael has accomplished something remarkable. he has inspired a fanbase that runs across so many gamuts, unlike anything before. and, yes, as Tom said, that includes fans that are painfully shy, and have gone through stuff that other fans, might not be able to imagine. Michael represents those fans in a special way cus of what he went through, as well as representing the other gamuts of the varied fans here. sometimes Michael couldn't go outside, for various reasons. there, he represents the painfully shy fans. other times, he could go out, there, he represents other fans. and his personality, is someone the child inside all of us, can relate to. mostly, he represents much of the pain that much of us went through, and the disinfranchisement of many of the fans, as well. so, at times, many of those fans might not have the courage to go outside and deal with this nasty world. but they have another way to fight, which i'm sure, all the fans can relate to. in the quiet privacy of their own homes, they can continue to buy MJ's music, and keep his legacy going, no matter what the press says.
yes..i went to MJ's trial, and represented..but it made me feel like a stranger in a strange land, because i had to do something i hated...deal with an outside world, that has its nastiness. and i never went out, after that, ever again. i still buy his music, though. and, then, a dear friend told me that they weren't able to attend the trial, and they felt guilty. i told them that they had children to deal with, and that was important. in their quest to raise their children with MJ qualities, they were keeping the legacy. and in watching the coverage of the trial non stop and giving it ratings, they were keeping the legacy, because they were letting the press know that interest in Michael will remain, forever, no matter how much the press tries to turn off Michael's shining light.
in conclusion, there are myriad ways to uphold MJ's legacy, per your own personal personality. and i know you all are doing that. Interest and love for MJ, remaining, is the paramount way, that his legacy never dies...no matter what the naysayers say...and that's how you have, and will continue to defeat them. the only way the naysayers can get a true victory, is if you lose interest in, and love for MJ.
case closed.
so, heartfelt congratulations to all the fans who keep his legacy alive, from those that arrange and go to the demos, to those who continue to buy his music in the privacy, and protective comfort of their safe homes, and etc., and to those who do a combination of those things.
after all, there are naysayers who will never change, no matter what anyone does(and that's on the naysayers.); as is with the case of anything in life, there are people that are set in their ways, no matter what knowledge is out there.
but the naysayers' real goal is to make MJ's fans indifferent to him. evidence shows that the naysayers never are able to do that, and never will be.
so, the fans have won, anyway.
MJ is already planted in the wombs of many mothers, who are MJ fans, passing him onto countless generations. how can anyone stop that? it's too late to stop that.
the MJ fans have won.
MJ has won.
and that's a beautiful thing.
