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There's no doubt that Michael was a weirdo, and a supremely talented man.

When I hear people who are just so convinced of his guilt regarding the abuse of children, I can't help but think of the story recently of the cab driver being accused of sexually assaulting those three girls. Had he not had it on tape, he would have forever been branded a rapist or some such thing whether or not he was found innocent or guilty. Michael Jackson was not found guilty of any criminal wrong-doing. Get over it. He was bat-poop crazy, no doubt, but to convince yourself and try to convince others that he was a known pedophile is ludicrous. Is it possible he was guilty? I guess, but I certainly have no proof and neither do any of you. Is it possible he was innocent? You're an asshat if you can't at least admit it's possible unless of course you yourself were molested by him or you personally witnessed someone else molested by him, or you have some other critical piece of evidence in your posession that was for some reason unavailable to the courts.

Whew, that turned into more of a rant than I intended!

Michael was a pretty cool dude in his day. It's too bad that he went as strange as he did, and he will be missed. I'd of loved to see him make a comeback and get himself together. He was certainly a tormented soul.