man.in.the.mirror
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so did i,don,t get me wrong the momorial was lovely,i to tried to get tickets and didn,t i,d come all the way from the u.k,but the media were allowed in in their hundreds,a couple of hundred seats his fans could have had,people outside selling anything and everything to make a quick buck,i know you can,t stop this,and i know i,m going of the subject abit,but it hurts me so much when i think back about it,there was a man behind me blowing one of those trumpet things you have at a football match selling them,i swore at him,i,m sorry if this upsets anyone,I would have wanted to see him. Seeing the body helps to give me closure. Don't know how much it would have lessened the pain, though. But I don't think there's anything I would have said to him that I haven't said since then.
About the memorial...I envisioned it so differently as well. I didn't get tickets so was going to just go and be in front of Staples Center, until they announced that the entire area was going to be closed off and warned against anyone trying to come near without a ticket. I just wish they had planned it so that there was some place for everyone to gather.
i have got to say though it was very presidential,i have never seen so many helicopters,police and people in my life,
i also would have thought they would have had loud speakers or screen where the fans outside could see and hear the momorial,i had to wait till i got back to the uk till i saw the momorial,
again i,m sorry for going on abit,