Re: This-Is-Not-It Campaign- Real Thread
Yeah... Why this "truth" didn't come out in July 2009 when fans at this board asked them to share an information what was happening around two weeks before MJ died. They said that this info is private and they do not want to be attracted by others. Why bother now?
"Why bother now" is quite rude! That, in part, answers your own question. These fans have been terribly attacked in the past by other fans, for what reasons I can't quite understand. . . Michael, himself, did not behave this way, and I find it discouraging, to say the least.
The follower fans themselves would have to be the ones to answer this question. I would expect that the slowness of the "official" investigation is part of the reason? It has been over three months, and no one has been arrested and charged. No balance has been demonstrated by media. After the intitial flurry that seemed designed to paint Michael as a drug-addict, there has been little media mention of his death, or an investigation, or much of anything! Now, we know that no narcotics were found in his system, but this has been scarcely mentioned. Michael's legacy deserves better than what media have given.
I believe it was Karen Faye who initially tried to suppress the fans' information from coming out. . while she was in the employment of AEG? She is no longer employed by them, and is now lending her support to the "This is NOT it" campaign. I won't pursue that line of discussion, though. Karen Faye has probably been discussed quite enough on this board, and anything else would be repeititive.
For those of you who may not know, the "follower fans" are a group of dedicated people who maintained a closeness with Michael. He knew them well, and they knew him. There is every indication that he welcomed their presence in his life, and that they helped him to feel loved. They were in a position to KNOW how he was doing physically and emotionally, because they saw him pretty much daily, and some were present at some rehearsals. They gave him gifts, and hugs. At the end, they were so alarmed by his physical (and emotional) deterioration that they gave him letters of concern, on the night he died!
The followers have my total respect, and they are to be commended for reaching out to Michael, when no one else really did, or could. At the end, Michael had those letters, and knew, for certain, that his fans CARED. I can see no possible way to fault the follower fans for this. They DID something. . and no one else did. . . .