Re: MJ's Bodyguards Tomorrow On GMA
I guess it depends on the individual. If someone attacks one of my friends or my co-workers, I have to stand up for them. That's just me. If one of my friends were famous, and they were being attacked like the media and the public attacked Michael, I would be the first get up there and defend them. If Diane Dimond tried to call my friend a paedophile and tried to write books about him being one and I saw people believing it when I know it's not true, I would be annoyed. If my friend had passed and people in the media were trying to push this story of him being a freak, a paedophile, a drug addict, a bad parent, I would be annoyed. And what would hurt me even more would be knowing that there are people out there who would be eating this all up and believing it. The fact that Michael had to go out and have his bodyguards turn magazines around so his children don't see their father being called "w.acko j.acko" completely tears me apart. Did they not know this man had children? We adults try to teach our children not to be bullies and treat everyone with respect and yet it's ok for these same adults to go around calling people these childish names. I just think that's so hypocritical. So, I don't know about you, but if people were attacking my friends, especially one who is no longer here to defend himself, I would try and stand up for him. Not to cash in, but because it pisses me the hell off when I hear bad things being said about a person who wanted nothing more than to bring happiness and love to people.
Now I don't know who these guys are. I don't know what they are going to try and insinuate about Michael's finances. They said Michael used to spend thousands of dollars at a time on books, so they're weren't trying to say he was broke. He wouldn't be able to afford that many books if he didn't have money. If the credit card was denied, it probably meant he reached the limit, that doesn't actually mean he was broke or was having financial issues. He probably didn't have cash on him and freaked out. I don't know. I haven't heard the interview, I haven't read the book. I don't know if they are doing this to defend Michael, or whether they are doing this because they were lucky enough to be associated with Michael and they are taking advantage of that and using that to get their 15 minutes of fame. I don't know. To me, they come across as genuine. Maybe because I understand that people can get so fed up that they just want the truth out there. To someone else, they could come across as being financially motivated and wanting fame. Different people are going to have different opinions, just like you said in your post earlier. The reporter thought she was going to meet with some guys that were going to trash Michael. She was looking for something negative, and she came out on the other side thinking she may have misjudged Michael. I'm happy about that.
i am on the same side as you on that. i'm no different. but there is nothing in the history of the world, where people agree, just like i said, and you reiterated. and that feeds into what i said about doing a crusade to make the whole world say what we say about Michael. it's not going to happen, because of the different opinions that we both just stated happen, in this world.
all i am saying to you, is, that today, as much as it hurts...double speak is the new straightforward, just as some people say 40 is the new 30. people know they are not going to convince you of anything, if they come out swinging, negatively, in the first round, so they got a new strategy. this 'correspondent' comes off as all 'looking for positives on MJ', when she knows, damn well, that her comrades have a different agenda, and are working right beside her(Robin Roberts, included) it's a set up. it's ok for them to come up with a few positive anectdotes, if it will reel us in, for the bombs. we want to see it all rosy...credit card runs out, MJ freaks out'. that's all fine...but, abc news doesn't see it that way. credit card run out means only one thing to them. we're just going to have to realize that. and they're going to spin it that way.
i once saw a contract, online, that somebody made up for MJ to sign. and he wrote on it, with his own handwriting..'this can be revoked, at any time'. it showed that he had a lack of respect for contracts. he obviously indicated that this was the nasty state of the businesswolrld, today. contracts with doublespeak. that's why i'm having trouble with AEG..but that's another topic...
just because companies and networks are established, that doesn't mean they're on the up and up. people like to think that a conglomerate can't possibly be on the take. but they are.
i bought an air conditioner, with a warranty that said: 'guaranteed to fix materials, if workmanship is faulty'. and on the next line, it said, guarantee does not cover incidental malfunctions due to possible defects in product.
so..this is from an established company. telling me that they guarantee and not guarantee to fix my product, at the same time.
this is the state of the world, today. especially those 'traditional establishments.' this is what MJ faced, every day. every time i look at contests and i want to enter them, there's nothing but doublespeak in the contracts.
i see applications for jobs, that say that they can terminate a person for any reason..or..stores that say they can refuse service for any reason. that flies in the face of the government equal opportunity laws..but no one is stopping these companies.
abc tv, is right along the lines of the new straightforward, known as doublespeak.
i'm not trying to burst your bubble. i'm as tired of the long and winding road of MJ haters, as you are. i'm all for the L.O.V.E.
and i'm real about what we are facing. and no matter how long the quest, there will be people on earth, who will refuse to accept the light, that is Michael Jackson.
and i can still remain positive, and leave the place of negative energy, and gather with the big masses of MJ fans, that outnumber the media doublespeakers.
there shouldn't be a place where you have to wonder what the real motive is, in this 'special'. it should be cut and clear, from beginning to end. but it isn't.
MJ did what he could for his kids. he is successful. they know what's up. we know what's up. abc tv be damned.
i continue to fight, just like you. you've seen my posts elsewhere on this board. you've seen me get into it, with people. well..or..maybe u haven't seen it..lol..but i've gotten into it.. but, i also pick my battles. i also know when someone isn't going to change. and i also know who to avoid, and i also know that the MJ lovers outnumber the haters.
but i also know that abc tv said...'these guards are not being paid. they're writing a book, but they're not being paid'. that's doublespeak for they are being paid, with something much more valuable than money. it's called free publicity, on a major network, broadcasted out there to a big world full of so many people, that there is an audience for everything.(different opinions you and i talked about) so, there will be enough people to buy the book, to pay them. and we at abc tv didn't have to have these guys on, to expose them to a world, that does have some people in it that like the juicy stuff that is anti MJ, but we want to have them on; so we are paying them, indirectly. in other words, they are being paid for this interview.[i'm 'surprised' that abc didn't acknowledge that big world out there, and admit that MJ knew that, so he didn't gouge people who bought his products, instead of abc focusing on the idea of him 'over'paying to put out a good product, and then saying he was financially unstable..which means abc tv believes in gouging people, though they know there's a big world out there, obviously]
don't you see all the ads on tv, where they say you get the product for free, then they have somebody talking real fast at the end, saying there are a lot of restrictions and extra fees? or, they simply say, see store for details? that's what the world is about, today. and abc tv, surely is no exception. sure..there are the honorable Jennifer Battens out there..but..they're no fun, right? abc doesn't want them.
