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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:00 AM

Michael Jackson's death means little to me

Who's mourning the dead in Afghanistan? Our hearts should go out to the innocent victims of our wars
By Thomas M. Engelhardt

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  • Tuesday, July 7, 2009 07:24 PM

    As much respect as I have for the great Thomas Engelhardt...

    ...I feel the need to remind him and his readers that it's very likely the vast majority of Michael Jackson fans who are in mourning ALSO mourn for the innocent dead in Bush's Wars. As a matter of fact, if I were an actuary...I'd probably find a correlation or some such.

    I mean...cah MAHN. When someone dies, people MOURN. It's only human, mainstream media manipulation/profiteering or not.

    —BeatnikBob Read BeatnikBob's other letters

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