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Michael Jackson in trouble AGAIN...anyone else surprised?
- Thread starter fourstringdrums
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media mongers.
I can't say much cause we can't discuss politics and the media is more political than most might think.
I can't say much cause we can't discuss politics and the media is more political than most might think.
Well now I'm totally freaked-out and think he should go to prison.
And the parents of all these children should have there as*es whipped.
Actually it's probably more like hundreds of thousands - there have been half a million people on the streets of London protesting against the war and there is every reason to suppose these same people will be there today!!
But there are also 14 thousand Police drafted in at huge cost to keep the demonstrators well away from George Bush - even so he has modified his schedule, so he only goes a few hundred yards round the corner and won't go near any public roads!!
No doubt you won't see any of the protestors on TV - that's freedom of speech for you - you can have huge amounts of detail of people's trivial private lives made available for titillation - but you won't see what really matters about big world events!!
Freedom of information...nah!!
From the BBC website :
" Last Updated: Thursday, 20 November, 2003, 12:37 GMT
Protest warning
Police are preparing for major disruption ahead of Thursday's main demonstration against the state visit. Some roads in the centre of the capital will be closed from 1200 GMT.
Scotland Yard Deputy Assistant Commissioner Andy Trotter warned that well known trouble-makers would try to hijack the event but said they would be dealt with "firmly if necessary".
He said undercover officers had already spotted "known faces" in the capital and anarchist groups intent on violence had been detected on the internet in recent weeks.
Operation Saxon - the police effort surrounding President Bush's state visit - has so far resulted in 43 arrests, mainly for offences including assault, theft, drugs and possessing offensive weapons.
Security fears were earlier heightened by revelations in the Mirror that one of its journalists had got a job as a servant in Buckingham Palace, where Mr Bush is staying.
Home Secretary David Blunkett announced a review of security at the palace when it became apparent the undercover reporter had used a false reference.
Protest timings
Police are determined no mistakes will be made on Thursday, at the main Stop the War rally in central London or elsewhere.
Marchers are due to gather from 1200 GMT, with the protest leaving Malet Street at 1445, wending its way to Trafalgar Square via Whitehall.
Organisers hope the rally, which will culminate in the toppling of an 18ft effigy of Mr Bush, will be Britain's largest weekday protest.
Convenor of the Stop the War Coalition, Lindsey German, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme they expected a "large and diverse protest" ranging from students to pensioners.
"We will be rather a noisy presence," she said.
Full route map of Thursday's protest
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"We are expecting it to be totally peaceful. This is the seventh major demonstration we've organised in just over a year. They have all been extremely well stewarded and peaceful," she added.
But police are bracing for smaller groups who may try to break through security cordons and stage random acts of direct action, such as traffic sit-downs, to physically disrupt the visit.
In a separate demonstration, chained protesters dressed in orange boiler suits will be outside Downing Street demonstrating against the Guantanamo Bay detention camp"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3286069.stm
You should start reading/watching more than Fox and CNN...they are really hesitant to feature unfavorable news concerning the Bush administration.
If you want to feel sick and really pissed give that link a click.
MJ's not got a full deck of cards upstairs. he is a waste of a human!!!
How do people know that it is bedtime in the Jacksons house?
When the big hand goes onto the little hand
When the big hand goes onto the little hand
Wow Hate, what country do you are you living in?
Although, O.J.'s still walking around, so you may have a point
.was why the parents of the first kid settled out of court for some 20 million bucks.
if they were convinced of their child's story, why would they sweep the charges under the rug? how horrible would it be if the kid's story was true, and he had to live out life knowing his parents would prefer to be bought out than to pursue justice?
i've no real opinion on this new case, but i do think michael fits certain classic criteria for pedophiles. and i thought there were admissions that he was molested as a child, which would up the ante on the profile even more.
the whole thing is disturbing, but not entirely suprising.
as for pee wee herman: was he a pedophile? i thought they just caught him boffing off in a theatre?
if they were convinced of their child's story, why would they sweep the charges under the rug? how horrible would it be if the kid's story was true, and he had to live out life knowing his parents would prefer to be bought out than to pursue justice?
i've no real opinion on this new case, but i do think michael fits certain classic criteria for pedophiles. and i thought there were admissions that he was molested as a child, which would up the ante on the profile even more.
the whole thing is disturbing, but not entirely suprising.
as for pee wee herman: was he a pedophile? i thought they just caught him boffing off in a theatre?
Ask yourself this question, and this is based on the first molestation charge back in 1993. If your child was molested by a rich entertainer, would you take a settlement, or take the case to trial?
I don't have any children yet. But personally, there isn't enough money in the world to make me let some pervert off, if I truly felt that they molested my child.
One of the parents of this current child that's alleging molestation has been reported as being a drug addict.
Lastly, if you were aware of the 1993 allegations, why would you (as a parent)let your child spend the night at NeverLand after that?
My opinion on these allegations is that, someone is after a payoff.
Originally posted by miko
as for pee wee herman: was he a pedophile? i thought they just caught him boffing off in a theatre?
Hey Meeks, what's up?
What I was referring to when I brought up Pee Wee, is that once a celebrity is equated with what society deems a perversion, your career is pretty much finished in the public's eyes.
That's my spin.
Mike
Originally posted by My poor Jewels
Hey Meeks, what's up?
What I was referring to when I brought up Pee Wee, is that once a celebrity is equated with what society deems a perversion, your career is pretty much finished in the public's eyes.
That's my spin.
Mike
No wonder you spend so much time here
Originally posted by Wrong Robot
No wonder you spend so much time here
Et Tu, Wrong Robot?
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Mike
definitely.
anyways, i dunno if he's guilty or not, if so obviously he should be punished greatly, if not, hes taken the idea of "any publicity is good, even if its bad publicity" waaaaay too far.
