While the media can be a very useful medium to get information across; it can also be a vicious tool used to slander, pressure and incite fear. Yesterday the world celebrated Michael Jackson. While I cannot say that I am personally mourning because I don't involve myself in celebrity lifestyle since I know none of them personally, but indisputably I can say we lost one of the greatest artists in the entertainment industry.
It's so weird how people celebrate one's life a little too late, every time we hear about someone passing or go to a funeral we remember the valuable lesson of treating people well and showing you appreciate them while they are alive. Then too soon after, we forget.
Michael had issues - that was clear, but don't we all. Isn't the only difference that ours aren't magnified and publicized? We scream, "we love you MJ" but tear him a part every time he makes a decision. Now clearly there comes a point in a person's life when they must take responsibility for their own actions, but its always easier to get by with support and unconditional love.
The memorial was a cross between an actual mourning ceremony and a social event. The coverage by NBC commented "..... performed at the show.... what show? As Al Sharpton rightly said to comfort the children "Wasn't nothing strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to deal with" - well now that he is dead, maybe he can RIP, as Jermain stated "maybe now people will leave him alone".... but maybe not
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