Would we all just shut up about Michael Jackson? (Rant rant rant that may be minorly vulgar) - Comments

aw how sad. lol oh well, people die.

i see your point though. especially that its so freakin annoying to hear people goin nuts that really werent fans in the first place xD

OMGD yes! I completely agree! thank you!

Oh, and Iero_Hero, Insanity's Artist was pointing out something from my post so I was the hypocrite mentioned. (not trying to start anything up again, don't worry :P Just pointing it out)

Thanks, Insanity's Artist; very mature of you to say so (no sarcasm either, I genuinely mean that :D)

To everyone here who I/we (there was more than one of us involved, so this is on behalf of us all) may have offended with our discussion, I am very sorry and hopefully we can all move on from this now :] We didn't mean to insult anyone's personal beliefs, come across as hypocrites or in any other way cause negativity.

I agree with you so hard.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Insanity's Artist, have you gone through and read all the things she was saying in comments? Unless you have, there's no room for you to call anyone immature.

She called mourning the loss of a legend "stupid", meaning it makes whoever's mourning that doesn't know him personally/true fan stupid. Is that right? No.

And I don't care if you're calling me immature because frankly, I believe I'm not. I was using my rights to express my speech, so how does that make me immature? And, if you look through, I don't recall myself saying "but is sitting at our computers and arguing about the whole thing really more worthwhile?"

**Edit: I'm not the hypocrite here.

It is not getting out of hand. It was always going to get really crazy just a day after his death, it's still spreading throughout the world. It hasn't sunk in for a lot of people yet. Let people do their own thing, and if you don't like hearing about it, then all you have to do is not listen to it, simple as that.

I agree, for the most part. I think his family wants their own personal space for their own grieving, and the media frenzy should stop. I also think it's unfair that Farrah Fawcett's death is being overshadowed by MJ's death. She was suffering from a long term illness and she's been fighting for some time now. I don't think "the king of pop" dying should be a bigger deal than her.

I don't care if people mourn his passing; I know he was a legend for some people. But I think it's getting out of hand.

Well, vicar in a tutu, I respect you more after what you just said. [and i don't mean that sarcastically. seriously, though. lol]
:)

Insanity's Artist, sorry if it seemed that I was being immature but as you said, we all have free speech so are any of us really wrong? Also, I don't think I can be counted as hypocritical as I never said I was doing anything more worthwhile :file: I wasn't trying to have a go at anyone at all; merely debating the opinions expressed.

As you said, it was brave of Dungeons and Danny to post something controversial. This is true; I do respect her opinion, and in the same way, the rest of us are equally commendable for commenting in a different tone to the article; please take more than one point of view into account.

Again, I apologise if I came across in a certain way but please understand that none of us were trying to be better than another; we were all merely stating our opinion. I don't see that any of us were coming across immature at all, looking back, and I apologise to Dungeons and Danny if I caused offence at all.

The death of a celebrity is no excuse for elitism. Please realize this.

Okay. Wow.
Uh, I honestly think that the fact that you, vicar in a tutu and you, Iero_Hero are immature and childish for having pretty much a whole page of her comments as a discussion about her. That's ridiculous. vicar in a tube, you continued to sit and have a discussion about how she was wrong and all that jazz with both saveroftheworld and Iero_Hero right after you said "but is sitting at our computers and arguing about the whole thing really more worthwhile?" Hmm. Someone's a hypocrite.
I'll admit, going on about how it annoys you is a little hypocritical too if you don't want to hear about it anymore (sorry Dungeons and Danny) but I actually applaud her for posting this. Would anyone like to know why? No, probably not, but too bad.
I applaud her because she had the guts to put something this controversial up. I'm sure she knew she'd get a lot of crap, but she went ahead and expressed her opinion. [there's that free speech you guys were talking about] Yeah, she could have worded it better and less offensively, but in her defense, part of the title says "that may be minorly vulgar". To me, that's kind of a clue that it's going to be angering and offensive.
YOU three are the ones that need to "get over yourself" and back off--especially vicar in a tutu and Iero_Hero.
Mibba users are so NOT tolerant of MANY things, btw. That's a bullshit thing to say.
Anyway, good job, Dungeons and Danny. *applauds for you*
Oh, and here's some applause for you guys. *claps and rolls eyes*
Yeah, internet sarcasm does work.

Every celebrity that was as great as Michael Jackson was gets mourned over, it's just what happens and although I can somewhat see why you'd be annoyed with it. I however can't help but cry because of hearing the news. :(

Yes we all have our own opinions, but I don't think it's pathetic for people to flip that hated him. I mean, we all had our fair share of Michael Jackson nose, children, and crotch holding jokes, have we not? But you can't say you are upset unless you grew up on this guy, like I did. I mean, the media were the people sh*tting on him first, so I don't think they can get all mourny on us. MTV was one of the first stations to play his music, so I'm glad they are showing all of his videos. This journal is not immature, you are simply stating your mind, and everyone should learn to respect it. If they can't they can walk away from it.

Awesome point actually.

my mom said he was awesome, but the downside is that he was a child molester...honestly...I think he should've been found Guilty of the charges.

One journal about MJ should've been enough people. Enough with spamming the journals with "OMG MJ DIED" "DAY AFTER TRAGEDY" its getting old.

Thanks, Iero_Hero; it's nice to see that there are people around Mibba who can still have a decent debate without descending into childish insults at one another.

vicar in a tutu; again, you have a point: It would be a different thing, of course, if we were telling Dungeons and Danny that she was insensitive for not mourning Michael; no, we're merely stating that her comments regarding Jackson mourners as 'childish and immature' are, in case anyone has just joined us and doesn't want to trawl through three pages of discussion.

It would be a different thing, of course, if we were telling Dungeons and Danny that she was insensitive for not mourning Michael; no, we're merely stating that her comments regarding Jackson mourners as 'childish and immature' are, in case anyone has just joined us and doesn't want to trawl through three pages of discussion.

vicar in a tutu, as you said, Denying people of their right to mourn is taking away their voice - also known as prejudice.

Now, is that what we all want? No.

I agree.

Ahaha, good point, saveroftheworld; I don't think I picked up on that one.

Exactly, Iero_Hero - I think we're mature enough, at this point, to deduce which level of mourning we can all take.

Whichever way we look at it, Dungeons and Danny's point about tolerance being 'bullsh*t is straight-up bigotry and that is something which shouldn't be tolerated. Denying people of their right to mourn is taking away their voice - also known as prejudice.

Now, is that what we all want? No.