numist

I cannot trust anything that I can not verify.

Michael Jackson may indeed be outside the law, he may be outside morality (which is more important to me by far), however, I don't know the man, and no one I know does either. Hence I can not make a decision about him.

I'll have to leave it to a judge and/or jury to figure it out. If he is indeed in the wrong, he will be punished, if not, then he will be released. Either way, its about time all of the hype in the press has been brought to a closing with this, although it does mean dealing with a media feeding frenzy for the next little while.

From what MJ has said, it seems that he may be legally wrong, but perhaps not morally. It does not sound like there is any abuse going on of any kind, and this is the point where the law differs from the morality of it.

I am age-blind, Michael Jackson is still a kid at heart due to his childhood with bad parents, and I really do feel sorry for the pain that the man has been forced to endure. I can only hope that whatever happens after this is just.

Hence, Im sorry art, but for the first time I'm forced to disagree with you, it may not be a good thing. No one deserves to be abused (and I mean the children in this case, what happened to MJ can't be undone so theres no point in trying to fix that anymore), but if there really isnt any abuse and its in the best interests of all involved, it still is against the law, hence the gap between Law and Morality.

I can only hope for a solution that works for all, but due to the justice system I know all I have to look forward to is constant media attention (all of it biased one way or another) and a lot of pain and distress for everyone involved (except the lawyers, who will wind up very rich from these proceedings).