Michael Jackson tickets to Staples Center service?

Tomeka28: Your posting touches on a bigger issue, which is: why did the parents “allowed” their children to stay with Michael. Under normal circumstances, if he were not MJ, would these same parents have allowed their child to spend the night with him? Probably not, therefore the fact that they “allowed” the child to stay with MJ begs the question of why? What were their motives? Were their motives innocent in nature, or was there an ulterior motive in the first place? Or were they simply “star struck”? If your intentions are legitimate, then you would allow your child to spend the night with any man; HOWEVER, if you would only allow them to stay with a superstar like MJ, then the perception might be that you are hoping to get something out of the deal. Sort of like the perception of Debbie Rowe (the mother of MJs kids) about whom everyone is now saying that since she accepted $8.5m from MJ and gave up her parental rights, that she now wants something else out of the deal. What is her motivation? It appears that few are giving her the benefit of the doubt that she might actually want her children; rather it is all about the almighty dollar that she would control IF she gets the children (all 3 - even Blanket).  The point is, if the parents motives are altruistic in nature, then they would have allowed their child to spend the night with ANY man, not just MJ.  However, if the ultimate goal was to get money, then MJ was the only way to go. Don’t know, just saying…

With regards to others comments about Michael sleeping with the children—it is only problematic based on how one is socialized.  For example, there are societies in which men kiss each other (Asian & Islamic), or hold hands but in the US that is taboo.  The perfect example is when the kids in Iraq were giving the soldiers the “thumbs up” which is good to the citizens of the US, but it is an insult in Iraq—so when the picture of the little Iraqi boy giving the “thumbs up” made the front page after the statute of Sadaam was pulled down, many Americans thought it was a good sign, when in actuality he was insulting the US. OR: female genocide, picking your nose, female circumcision, touching above the shoulders, hugging, shaking hands, and on and on and on…It is all about socialization and cultural differences.  Its that: “some say po-ta-to, some say po-tat-o” thing. Just because it is unacceptable to us (Americans) does not mean it is unacceptable to others…

Can You people get a grip on life and let the man rest in peace. Everyone has flaws and if he did or didn’t do those horrible things in which I don’t think he did. Who in there right mind would sell their childs soul for money. It makes you wonder who was the real victim here. He was a very sensitive and giving man that obviously had some childhood issues, in which he was never able to be a child which kept him in a childs place throughout his adult years.

So if there was something wrong with him; what about the parents who let their children spend the night with a grown man that at the time didn’t have any kids of his own, and if he did they weren’t there. So someone had to be looking for a law suit of some kind from the start, because as a mother of two adopted kids; I would have never let my kids spend the night with no man alone. Mike wouldv’e just been upset, because we all wouldv’e been sharing his bed. And Last, but not least I love him and always will. Please let him rest, he been dragged through the dirt when he was alive, so the least we can do is let him rest now.
Remember ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE US!

Sell the tickets, make some money! Thats what Michael always did! The fact that 1.6 million people signed up to get tickets to go to a memorial service for a guy they didn’t even know says a lot about the problems with this world. Sad. Yet not quite as sad as the people that are willing to pay thousands of dollars on ebay and craigslist for the tickets. I wonder if these same people would spend that kind of money to attend a relatives service.
As for everyone whining about the people who have the tickets selling them….really? In a country that thrives on its marketing and capitalism, all of a sudden everyone has gotten all self righteous about the sale of some tickets to a glorified concert? Thats all it is. A huge publicity stunt that is making the Staples Center area businesses a BUNCH of money. Hotels for miles around the place are booked solid, flights into the area are booked solid…make no mistake that the city is cashing in on his death just like everyone else is. Ever wonder how much CNN’s ratings went up this week with the Michael Jackson behind the scenes, all day all night onslaught?
People are just being way too silly over this whole thing. His music didn’t die, he did and he wasn’t doing much other than creating a bunch of controversy for himself anyway. He was going broke because of all of his legal troubles and the European farewell tour was a last desparate grasp at trying to prevent himself from going bankrupt. This man was lucky to have had the chances he did but didn’t have enough intelligent people around him to make sure he stayed on an even keel in life. I guess money can’t buy everything.

wow sickofstupid: we are all so fortunate that you took the time to comment. And I’m glad your caps button works (it’s a key, actually) because your grammar and spell check sure don’t (by the way it’s one89, not one86 although I think the uinintended reference to trashing it works).

Although I never commented one way or the other about MJ himself (go back and actually read my posts if you’re going to reference them), let me comment on your statement that “no one knows or will ever know the truth.“ Actually, there are a few kids (grown now)who could take issue with you. They certainly know what really happened. And if indeed they were moltested, I’m quite sure that in addition to God’s judgement they wouldn’t mind a bit of their own.

WELL SAID ONE89. (am I being negative citycynic for the CAPS) I couldn’t have done it any better. (def didn’t want to type that much, LOL) but you summed everything up. And I agree whole heartedly. Just to add to that though, yea MJ paid them off in the 1st case to get them off his back so he could get back to making music. Maybe he also did it cuz he cared so much for kids and he probably, in all that family was trying to do to him, still was thinking of the kid and didn’t want him to go thru the trial and all that craziness that he just said he would pay them to keep it from going that far. UNLIKE THE KIDS PARENTS! But we all see in the 2nd case he was not down for paying anyone. He went all the way. Now if he was guilty, why wouldn’t he have paid again? Because he was tired of people telling lies on him and it was his time to take up for himself!!! That’s why! He definitely loved people and I believe he was a good person. I don’t know him and personally, I was not a huge fan so ya’ll can save that post as the reason I am taking up for him, but like one89 said, he did LOTS OF THINGS for people and this world and others less fortunate and he should get SOME recognition for that!!! Some of you would be so lucky to have met someone like him. He probably would have changed your life…..