# Michael Jackson, you alien fucktard, get the hell OFF this planet and don't come back **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 19, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612 "2002-11-19T21:01:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![super\_head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@super\_head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/super_head)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/201 "2002-11-26T14:44:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Suspenderzzz \* > With all the shit that goes on in the world these days, I cannot, CANNOT, believe that this shit makes headlines for 3 days straight. Who gives a rat’s ass about Michael Jackson! We still have a threat of war hanging over us, and some of us have draft-age children. The economy is weak, and layoffs are happening every day. We face an ongoing threat of terrorism. Michael Jackson? For all I care, he can throw his fucking kids in a lake and jump in after them. Agreed in part - I certainly wouldn’t want him to throw his kids in a lake, unless they can swim. However, the moral outrage over the _very_ brief dangling incident is ridiculous in the extreme - I saw the video, and, yes, it was a stupid act of showing his kids off to the fans below and putting the child at unnecessary risk - but for a matter of a few seconds. Meanwhile, parents all over the world are driving around with their kids unbuckled, smoking like chimneys in their presence, feeding them McDonald’s from the time they can eat solid food, abusing their children behind the closed doors of their homes, etc - and we get worked up about Wacko erring in judgement for a few seconds. Priorities, people. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/202 "2002-11-26T14:46:18Z")
And all of those people should be reprimanded, too. Are they on national TV doing those dastardly deeds? ---
**Author:** ![super\_head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@super\_head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/super_head)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/203 "2002-11-26T14:59:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > And all of those people should be reprimanded, too. Are they on national TV doing those dastardly deeds? No, but we’re all perfectly aware that it happens - what’s your point? Does MJ doing something brief and stupid in the public eye make it worse than a lifetime of abuse by the others? Is the “degree of wrongness” determined by how many people witness an act? I hope not. ---
**Author:** ![Suspenderzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Suspenderzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suspenderzzz)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/204 "2002-11-26T18:16:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bad News Baboon \* > \*\* > > Earth to Jacko: honestly… no one cares about you anymore. I swear. > \*\* You are so right. I guess people just keep feeding this emotional thread out of boredom. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/205 "2002-11-26T19:31:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by super\_head \* > \*\*No, but we’re all perfectly aware that it happens - what’s your point? Does MJ doing something brief and stupid in the public eye make it worse than a lifetime of abuse by the others? Is the “degree of wrongness” determined by how many people witness an act? > > I hope not. \*\* knowing that ‘it happens’ is very, very different from: 1. I **know that person there has done** criminal deed A, B and/or C. 2. Being able to prove #1. So, bottom line - we wouldn’t ‘give a pass’ to some celeb/dweeb doing something hazardous to their child in public on video (remember the video taped mom slapping her child in the car?), nor should we. we also “understand” that there’s a great number of children out there suffering worse, behind closed doors. and of course, once they’re identified, we would’t ‘give a pass’ to those who abused them, either. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/206 "2002-11-26T21:58:03Z")
I think the thing is, we somehow expect better behavior from celebrities. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/207 "2002-11-26T21:59:28Z")
Aye, there’s the rub. ---
**Author:** ![super\_head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@super\_head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/super_head)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/208 "2002-11-26T22:10:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wring \*So, bottom line - we wouldn’t ‘give a pass’ to some celeb/dweeb doing something hazardous to their child in public on video (remember the video taped mom slapping her child in the car?), nor should we. And I’ve never advocated giving him a “pass” on what he did - but it making the front page of CNN and FOX news sites is a bit much considering other news in the world. It says something about what we find newsworthy. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/209 "2002-11-26T22:22:59Z")
What else is going on? Now, now, **Super\_Head** , see if you can tell us without peeking. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/210 "2002-11-26T22:30:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by super\_head \* > \*\*And I’ve never advocated giving him a “pass” on what he did - but it making the front page of CNN and FOX news sites is a bit much considering other news in the world. It says something about what we find newsworthy. \*\* Sorry - I only saw it as the “headline” in the entertainment section of CNN. and only for a day. and given that celebrity weddings, deaths, brushes w/the law, injuries etc. are often ‘news’, perhaps your beef is with the concept of ‘celebrity’ itself. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/211 "2002-11-26T22:37:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by super\_head \* > \*\*And I’ve never advocated giving him a “pass” on what he did - but it making the front page of CNN and FOX news sites is a bit much considering other news in the world. It says something about what we find newsworthy. \*\* Aw, give us a break. We just had a contentious election and we’re about to embark on a major war. In the meantime, let us have a little fun with Jacko, why don’t ya? After all, [A Shattered Nation Longs to Care About Stupid Bullshit Again](http://www.theonion.com/onion3735/a_shattered_nation.html). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/212 "2002-11-27T15:43:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bad News Baboon \* > **Earth to Jacko: honestly… no one cares about you anymore. I swear.** > [@](#): > > [filmthreat.com](http://www.filmthreat.com/Features.asp?Id=570) > 12. MICHAEL JACKSON > Earth to Jacko, earth to Jacko…nobody cares any more. Really, nobody. Now please go away? Hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/213 "2002-11-27T19:48:35Z")
Was anyone else struck by how unhappy little Paris looked? She probably could not have looked more wretched, in tears. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/214 "2002-11-28T05:58:45Z")
She looks like that girl in the X-files episode who was posessed by the spirit of her father who was drowned in the aquarium… You know, _that_ one… ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/215 "2002-11-28T08:04:34Z")
aw, man, i missed that one… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/216 "2002-11-30T19:22:36Z")
He has a thing for monkeys, doesn’t he? “a new outbreak of poaching, possibly the mastermind of an unknown sponsor with lots of money” -CNN [http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/11/30/our.planet.mountain.gorillas/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/11/30/our.planet.mountain.gorillas/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/217 "2002-12-01T11:10:18Z")
Check out your own parenting skills by catching babies as Jacko drops them from the balcony: [Madblast](http://www.madblast.com/view.cfm?type=FunFlash&display=1804) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/218 "2002-12-04T01:14:13Z")
He just gets more and more sane, doesn’t he? From [this](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/12/03/national1605EST0683.DTL) SFGate article: > [@](#): > > Before beginning his testimony Tuesday, Jackson sat down in the witness chair and hooted and squeaked, “Eeeow!” several times into the microphone and made comical faces at courtroom observers. I wonder if that’s “Eeeow!” as in “Eek! A mouse!” or “Eeeow!” as in his “Eee! Hee! Hee!” sound he makes in the song “Billie Jean”… ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/219 "2002-12-04T07:01:41Z")
See, this is where the judge missed the perfect opportunity. [sub]To smack that twisted fucker with his gavel, about eight or nine times.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612/220 "2002-12-04T07:24:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Hmmm… \*\* What, only one person on the whole internet is allowed to say that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-you-alien-fucktard-get-the-hell-off-this-planet-and-dont-come-back/137612.md?page=12)