# Jacko's lawyer discovers the meaning of irony **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235 "2005-06-14T16:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/1 "2005-06-14T16:52:15Z")
I know there’s a hugenormous pit thread on Michael, but I’m not opening this thread to argue for or against the verdict. I just wanted to point out a headline today that struck me as ironically amusing. Coming after “Michael Jackson found Not Guilty on all counts”, we have this: [Pop Star Won’t Share Bed With Boys, Says Lawyer](http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050227144809990009) First paragraph: > [@](#): > > Basking in the jurors’ decision to acquit his client of all counts, Michael Jackson’s lawyer said Tuesday the singer will no longer share his bed with young boys. no longer… heh. Alanis Morisette, please take note. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/2 "2005-06-14T16:53:51Z")
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwww. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/3 "2005-06-14T16:55:01Z")
Yeah that is kind of strange. ---
**Author:** ![Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try_As_I_Might)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/4 "2005-06-14T17:00:02Z")
He opnely admitted to sleeping with unrelated, little boys on a documentary released _well_ before this trial. He stated he found nothing wrong or strange about it. This documentary was released in between this recent trial and the 1993 20 million dollar settlement. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/5 "2005-06-14T17:16:23Z")
My favorite quote of the whole Jackson trial was on the radio this morning, from one of the fans outside of Neverland. I don’t even think this guy was aware of the irony of what he was saying. > [@anonymous fan](#): > > He’s just going to have to cover his you-know-what and not expose himself to this kind of thing in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/6 "2005-06-14T17:34:46Z")
> [@Try As I Might...](#): > > He opnely admitted to sleeping with unrelated, little boys on a documentary released _well_ before this trial. He stated he found nothing wrong or strange about it. > > This documentary was released in between this recent trial and the 1993 20 million dollar settlement. Yeah, but the timing is funny. From the article, his lawyer said, ‘‘He’s not going to do that anymore,’’ attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. told NBC’s ‘‘Today.’’ ‘‘He’s not going to make himself vulnerable to this anymore.’’ It’s like in MJ’s world, those out-of-court settlements for millions of dollars were fine and dandy, but the whole trial deal - for one thing, they expected him to _show up on time_, can you imagine? - was just such a bummer that he decided to find another way to show “love” to little boys. ---
**Author:** ![Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Try\_As\_I\_Might](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try_As_I_Might)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/7 "2005-06-14T19:27:29Z")
oh, absolutely. trust me. I am not an apologist for MJ. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/8 "2005-06-14T21:07:38Z")
Headline in the _Journal de Montréal_ today: MICHAEL JACKSON BLANCHI. It means “Michael Jackson cleared,” but “blanchi” literally means “whitened.” That **had** to have been on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/9 "2005-06-14T21:08:56Z")
I passed a row of newspaper stands this morning, and the headlines were all, “Jackson Acquitted,” “Jackson Free,” “Trial Over”… nobody actually said he was _innocent_… ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/10 "2005-06-14T22:21:31Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Headline in the _Journal de Montréal_ today: MICHAEL JACKSON BLANCHI. > > It means “Michael Jackson cleared,” but “blanchi” literally means “whitened.” > > That **had** to have been on purpose. Appropriate since MJ’s proclivities have been whitewashed. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/11 "2005-06-15T01:25:20Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Appropriate since MJ’s proclivities have been whitewashed. I just don’t think that’s what he was saying. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/12 "2005-06-15T01:40:23Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I passed a row of newspaper stands this morning, and the headlines were all, “Jackson Acquitted,” “Jackson Free,” “Trial Over”… nobody actually said he was _innocent_… The Los Angeles Daily News said “HE BEAT IT!” ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackos-lawyer-discovers-the-meaning-of-irony/308235/13 "2005-06-15T02:01:25Z")
> [@Try As I Might...](#): > > He opnely admitted to sleeping with unrelated, little boys on a documentary released _well_ before this trial. He stated he found nothing wrong or strange about it. Oh, I know… I just found the timing of these two headlines kind of amusing. But then, maybe I’m just easily amused… 😉