I understand your concerns and yes you are right this is a very difficult subject matter. This is a Michael Jackson fan community and that is who each and every one of us is hear to love, support, and defend. The staff are going to have to get together to discuss what course of action needs to be taken when it comes to family members referencing incorrect drug addict claims like as you said which the autopsy does not support. This is why we have been deleting posts with claims that Michael is a drug addict as it is simply not true. We are here to defend Michael and we are not here to silence anyone but all we ask is that everyone is respected. Its not what you say but how you say it. Disagreeing with someone is fine but also calling them stupid at the same time for example is not fine.
I understand that everyone feels they are being pitted against members of the Jackson family and how exhausting it is to have to defend Michael against his own family about incorrect claims. Again it is something that is going to have to be discussed.
Each and everyone here is entitled to their opinion and its the name calling that is causing so much trouble. Also the DNA of the kids is being discussed which is a no no. No one is the bad guy here but all we ask is for everyone to respect each other. The trouble is we can't say any threads where family members are claiming Michael is a drug addict cannot be allowed as it's silencing. Again its something we need to discuss but in the meantime we all need to respect each other.
again, with all respect to moderators...you are confusing me. from what i read there, you are establishing that people cannot say that Michael was a drug addict, and, then, you are saying that people are allowed to say that he was a drug addict, at the same time.
there have been moderators that have come on here, who said they had to hold their tongue, because of the arguments against the autopsy report, which, you are saying, should be the final word, and not be the final word at the same time..
i couldn't sleep some of the night, because i was tempted to think i'm crazy, because of all this.
but i don't understand your logic.
it's as if we are being set up to get in trouble over more and more controversial topics. this is not a difficult topic. this is an impossible topic. and now, i see moderators arguing that he MIGHT be a drug addict. or..those that are former moderators.
Why?
i'm sorry, but i feel like Michael Jackson's personality is being taken advantage of. he's the silent one, so, let's push the envelope as far as we can push it, whereas, if he was more like the rest of the family, he'd get more respect...
nobody can argue this topic without getting in trouble. nobody. we are being asked to be supermen and superwomen in a time of great grief.
we are being asked to be respectful on a topic that is borne of disrespect, itself.
it's like trying to solve an impossible math equation.
you said that there cannot be silencing, yet you said there can be silencing on the DNA issue. i don't want to discuss the DNA issue either..but, i get the impression that there can be silencing, and not be silencing at the same time, depending on the subject.
yet these are both volatile subjects.
i was under the impression that Gaz wanted a positive atmosphere and peace on the board. i just wish he would address this issue, but i have been unable to reach him.
there is no way to have peace, on this issue. members are being pitted against each other, and emotions are bound to explode. and there are only 2 opinions that can be expressed. accept the autopsy report, or don't accept it.
again, according to your last post, arguing against the report is both allowed and not allowed at the same time..
please address this, because while we're waiting for this to be resolved, people are going at each other, and it's not their fault. there is no way for this to go, accept for the non peaceful way it's going now. that's why you keep coming back here and deleting posts..
i'm really at a loss for how this all is going...
