"My perception of the Michael Jackson fan community is that, for the most part, supporters of Michael Jackson want to avoid addressing issues like his sexuality, interaction with children, plastic surgery, vitiligo, etc. I understand this. However, in my opinion, you will never persuade others about Michael Jackson’s humanity and decency without confronting them."
Confronting them with lies, that is TMezz solution?
I have no problem confronting those issues if they are true but Sullivan did not write the truth, full stop.
Does he really think people would change their mind MJ not being p*do, because there is so much more crap about him in the book? Those things laid the foundation to the p*edo claims. It was easier for people to believe MJ being p*do because:
black man wanting to be white
massive amount of plastic surgery
drug addict
asexual/presexual/gay etc
There were so much crap talk about MJ at the time on tabloids etc that people found it easy to believe he was p*do too.
Does TMezz think that saying in one book MJ wasn't, is going to change people's mind? I don't think so.
I even doubt that if Jordan comes out and says nothing happened or it was all Evan's plan to get easy money, people are not going to change their minds.
More information is needed to get out there regarding the issues why Michael was targeted the way he was in the media, and in my opinion the information Sullivan offers isn't the right one.
"Following the trial, I spoke to the jury foreperson. He said that Michael Jackson might not have been acquitted of all counts if I had not called these witnesses and explained Michael’s behavior."
TMezz doesn't understand that the jury was given 2 possible scenarios, his and prosecutor's. He explained the situation and brought in credible witnesses so jury could understand and accept his side, thus acquittal.
We are now in the same position as the jury were at that time, except we are given 1 possible scenario, unreliable witnesses, lots of innuendo, myths and Sullivan's own beliefs which we are supposed to take as truth. Sorry, this jury member votes guilty for writing crap book.
"In the trial, I was not addressing a jury of Michael Jackson fans. I assumed that these twelve jurors were pro-prosecution and prepared to convict. Fortunately, they were persuaded otherwise."
Sullivan should have taken the same route as TMezz did. Try to convince/persuade us that his book is worth of reading but he failed.
"Again, you will never convince numerous segments of the general public that Michael Jackson was not a pedophile unless you confront, explain and humanize certain aspects of Michael’s life that these people find troubling or unusual. In my opinion, Randall Sullivan’s book does this very effectively."
His solution to solve dilemma of whether MJ was/wasn't p*edo is to dehumanise him even further? Right:doh:
"I repeat, the Dimonds, Orths, Chandlers and Sneddons are ecstatic that Michael Jackson fans are trying to bury this book. To me, these fans are doing a great disservice to the legacy of Michael Jackson. Michael was no pedophile or criminal. He was one of the kindest, nicest people I ever encountered. He was also the greatest, artistic genius of my time."
No, they are happy that there are other crappy writers than themselves. It's hard to be scum of the earth alone, but I'm sure it makes it easier to find out that there are others like them.
So sad that TMezz is supporting Sullivan but no matter what he says, it won't change my mind of his book=crap.
