# WTF is Jacko up to this time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607 "2002-11-19T20:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimmom2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Kimmom2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmom2)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607/21 "2002-11-19T23:47:29Z")
If any other person did this, they would be arrested for child endangerment! ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607/22 "2002-11-20T00:39:30Z")
Good God!! I totally missed this!! This is insane! He should be in a mental ward somewhere on very strong medications. He’s obviously a danger to others and probably himself. That is sick. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607/23 "2002-11-20T01:33:43Z")
Don’t worry; any day now the baby will lose his looks and Jacko won’t have anything to do with him. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607/24 "2002-11-20T02:37:56Z")
Aren’t there laws covering this? Isn’t Child Protective Services authorized to take children away from those who have absolutely no business whatsoever parenting? Before we start passing all kinds of stupid laws regulating video games, television, movies, books, comics, posters, etc. etc., shouldn’t our concern be about the children who live with DEFINITE, SEVERE danger every day of their lives? I’ll say this much…if Michael Jackson is allowed within a hundred yards of a child ever again, it’s our laws that are pure d gone. Some people just do not know when to effin’ quit. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607/25 "2002-11-20T03:19:20Z")
I wonder how many of us parents - had we been followed around with a video camera since the birth of our children - would have been caught on camera from time to time doing something which **apparently** endangered our child. What Jackson did was ill-considered, reckless and potentially dangerous (none of us actually know how good a grip he had on the child - we’re all interpreting footage shot from quite a distance) but as a stand alone incident, it hardly justifies calls to have his children removed from his care. Yes, the German child protection authorities should probably give him a stern talking to (let’s face it “showing” your child to the crowd but hiding its face with a towel is more than a little bit weird whether or not you do it on a 4th floor balcony), but I really can’t see how an incident which occured in Germany is the business of US child protection authorities. There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about the future of Michael Jackson’s children, but I’ve yet to come across any credible reports that those children are constantly exposed to the kind of danger which would justify their removal from his care. ---
**Author:** ![bigbird120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@bigbird120](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigbird120)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607/26 "2002-11-20T03:36:03Z")
Oh my god, that guy defended michael jackson! Thats actually pretty refreshing. Hell I say let the guy have kids. He’s the king of pop! They let Ozzy have kids for christsake. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607/27 "2002-11-20T04:16:53Z")
Yeah, but at least Ozzie has Sharon around. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607/28 "2002-11-20T08:27:01Z")
I agree with **reprise** , don’t you guys think you’re over-reacting maybe just a _little bit_? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607/29 "2002-11-20T09:06:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MGibson \* > \*\*Uri Geller vouches for Jacko and if you can’t trust Uri Geller then what is the world coming to? > > Marc \*\* Where do you get that? [Link](http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12173859,00.html) > [@](#): > > The stunt was criticised by childrens charity the NSPCC and even psychic friend Uri Geller. > > Geller said: ""I just would not put any child over a railing at such a height. > > “I think it was a silly thing to do.” ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607/30 "2002-11-20T16:30:39Z")
I think my school paper hit the nail on the head. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607/31 "2002-11-20T16:31:46Z")
Oops ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607/32 "2002-11-20T16:36:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fretful Porpentine \* > He has kids named Prince Michael Jackson, Jr. AND Prince Michael Jackson II? Some people really shouldn’t be parents. You know about George Foreman’s kids, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-jacko-up-to-this-time/137607.md?page=1)