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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

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  • Tuesday, July 7, 2009 07:32 PM

    Why mourn a self-destructive pedophile?

    What disgusts me is that Jackson's death mania glosses over his sexual improprieties (whether full-blown rape or not) with children.

    I think the first poster hit the nail on the head with the label "grief porn".

    Still I expect a bunch of breathless idiots like "Peter Joshua" cropping up here all the same:

    "Good god, Is there anything more disgusting than someone who insists on the supreriority of their grief?"

    Back here in reality, people killed indiscriminately by the American war machine are substantively more due pity and grief than a recklessly self-destructive entertainer.

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