So Jackson is found not guilty

Is that just because the prosecution is of poor quality? I can’t help feeling that actually both parties are guilty, M.J. of the charges that he himself admitted to in that TV program, and the prosecution for pursuing him for his money. MJ has suffered physically, but are we supposed to be sympathetic? The US jury says it’s OK for a 46 year old man to sleep with young boys, but from this side of the atlantic- we here can be sacked for merely touching a child on the shoulder. Another and probably separate issue, arises when MJs fans offer fanatical unthinking support. Fine- so he makes pop music that appeals to large numbers, but what are we to think of in the debate about role models for young black males? Here is a man who has spent vast sums of money concealing and removing traces of his racial origins. Why is it that he still has black fans amongst the crowds at all? He clearly does not think it is good to be black, it’s to be avoided at all costs it would seem. I realise that he is hardly a "normal " person and is not representative, but that doesn’t explain the worship he receives from those fans.

read here: BBC