Damn my wavering mind. I couldn't decide if he's guilty or not. (as if it's my business) Still, my mind twisted and turned, I can't like this situation. Immediately I think, GUILTY! (just to be on the safe side.) But there's a realistic side. Is he? Did he?
I've been watching VH1 a lot last week, and there's been a repeat interview (and repeated, and repeated - which leads me to another peeve, why the hell don't they play it once, maybe twice, then fill in all that frickin' repeat again and again time with music videos instead?) Anyway.. when I first saw the interview, I thought, wow, what a creep, the guy doesn't even look real. He's GUILTY. 2 surgeries on his nose and that's all. (says he) LIAR! But hey.. maybe it was just 2. Who am I to say?
His soft spoken voice, his gentle demeanor, his patience trying to teach that guy how to moon walk, his childlike answers, and suddenly I was feeling ashamed of myself. He didn't seem like a child molester. Maybe he wasn't guilty. Maybe those folks just want a nice big fat settlement.
As I watched, the children just seemed to cling to him. They couldn't say enough nice things about him. Again I was wavering. Is he a monster or not?
More soft spoken voice, more patience.. more explaining why he dangled his child from the balcony, and it hit me. This guy's not a monster. He's simply a person who is retarted. He stopped maturing at maybe age 12. That's all.
Not a monster. Just a child.
Then I got to wondering. Do children molest children? I didn't think so.. of course, maybe I'm wrong, but I really didn't think so. If he thinks like a child, if he dreams like a child, acts like a child, believes he's a child, why maybe, he's not done anything but be misunderstood, and instead of jail, he just needs some adult guidance. A keeper of sorts. A guardian.
But..
Then I watched the top ahh.. 50 or so of the biggest quarrels of 2003 on the same channel. One of the squabbles were between Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. It seems (if the show's to be believed) that Paul told Michael when the Beatles music was coming up for auction, and how he wanted desperately to be able to buy the rights, that Michael sneaked off and outbid Paul for the rights.
That wasn't very nice. Paul's all angry about it, and Michael's selling Beatles rights for commercials, etc, making money on them and Michael's sister said.. "Hey.. this is business. He's making money on his investment, it has nothing to do with friendship, that's just business!"
My brows went into a "V" and then up into my hair line.
A 12 Year old wouldn't be likely to be that business savvy.
*'s mind wavers right back where it started*
Posted by juel at December 1, 2003 07:33 PM