I think it's tragic whenever any human being passes, but I wish people would just stop bringing up his death time and again. Yes, okay, Michael Jackson was the King of Pop and did some wonderful things for the music industry, and he's being sorely missed by fans all over the globe, but it's not exactly like he cured cancer or took us to the Moon. He was a Singer. That doesn't make his life any less valuable, but it doesn't mean that his death is something we ought to be declaring public holidays over.
I also think it's doubly-tragic that in the face of his death, he's been turned into a cashcow for the music industry. How many "Best Ofs" and "Tribute" CDs are now being sold in high numbers? It's sick. (Oh, and for the record, I never thought he was a paedophile. I just think he was somebody who never grew up, which, with a father like his, I don't blame him for.)
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