Michael Jackson Latest: Was Michael Jackson A Junkie?

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1. scoop Says:
   July 11th, 2009 at 6:53 pm

   i don’t think he was a junkie, he had vitiligo and lupus and insomnia so he was taking meds for all those things and their symptoms. i think he was taking stuff he didn’t need to and shouldn’t have, i mean why the HELL did doctors actually give him some of that stuff it’s sickening that professionals would do this and neglect a patient so much. this is all so sad and tragic, it shouldn’t have happened, i hope some people are prosecuted

2. Hilary Shepherd Says:
   July 11th, 2009 at 7:01 pm

   Scoop -

   I agree that MJ began taking medication for his various ailments, but when he started asking for crazy drugs – drugs that had nothing to do with his medical issues – and the doctors gave him those crazy drugs, they fed his habit and it quickly turned into an addiction. By continuing to supply MJ with drugs he didn’t medically need, they had a helping hand in turning MJ into a junkie.

   I hope some people are prosecuted too.

3. sarah Says:
   July 12th, 2009 at 1:26 am

   I AM IN A WORLD FAR AWAY, DOWN UNDER PEOPLE WOULD SAY.
   IT WAS YOU WHO TAUGHT ME TO DANCE, AND DANCE I DID, LIKE MAD.
   I HAD MORE IN COMMON WITH YOU THAN ANYONE WOULD EVER KNOW.
   BE IT THE LOVE OF CHILDREN, EARTH, ANIMALS,MOTHER NATURE HERSELF
   THERE WERE MANY THINGS YOU DID THAT WE SHARED,BUT PEOPLE JUDGE AND DONT CARE.TOO MANY WERE SLY AND SLEEK AND ONLY WANTED $.
   YOUR HEART AND MINE WERE ALWAYS BEATING TOGETHER IN TIME AND ONLY EVER WANTED TO BE KIND. WE FELT THE SAME AS EACH OTHER, BUT NO ONE WOULD EVER UNDERSTAND THAT LOVE WHICH WE SHARED WAS PLAIN OLD FASHIONED CARING.WHAT NO ONE WAS EVER TOLD,HAS NOW BEEN LAID TO REST. BUT MORE THAN THAT, THAT THE WORLD DID NOT KNOW WAS OF YOUR ILLNESS YOU BATTLED, THAT WAS LIVING HELL! I KNOW OF ITS PAIN, TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CANT EVEN WALK,M.J MY MAN I HAVE THE SAME ILLNES AS YOU HAD, BUT NOW YOU ARE FREE OF ITS GRIPPING AGONY, I AM NOT THAT FAR AWAY,UNTIL I JOIN YOU. IT HAS TO GO.. MY FINAL WORDS TO YOU, I LOVE YOU, I FEEL YOU, I SENSE YOUR BEING AROUND AND EVERYTIME I HAVE TO REACH THE MEDS, WELL YOU ALREADY KNOW, WE BOTH HAD IT, YOU ARE FREE. R.I.P

4. George Says:
   July 12th, 2009 at 2:18 am

   I don’t believe that he behaved any differently than the so-called gliterati where he virtual grew up hollywood! Where I believe he went wrong was in the hangers on. Take a microscope and look at who stands to gain. Remember he’s worth more now than if he did 100 dates in 3 years. He was washed out he was 50 and all his chickens came home to roost. I believe that he was eliminated and this will come to light over the coming months.

5. sarah Says:
   July 12th, 2009 at 2:42 am

   TO HILARY,AND ALL YOU PEOPLE SAYING HE WAS A JUNKIE, SORRY TO DEFLATE YOU, BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT HIS ILLNESS’ WERE LIKE. WE TRIED TO BATTLE THE SAME ILLNESS’. AND I CAN TELL YOU NOW THAT NOTHING SHORT OF AN ANETHSTETIC STOPPED THE PAIN.
   YOUR SO CALLED SCOOP, HAS LEFT OUT THE MAJOR ILLNESS’ THAT IS SO PAINFULL, MY GOD, MY MED DOES IS HIGHER THAN HIS AS I HAD A FEW THINGS THAT MY MAN DID NOT HAVE.THAT WE SPEND MOST DAYS IN BED, WE DONT HAVE A CHOICE. YOU ARE VULTURES! ALWAYS SLAMMING ANYONE YOU CAN. YOU SHOULD BE HANGING YOUR HEAD IN SHAME!ONLY IN AMERICA WILL YOU FIND YOUR KIND! YOU LOT ONLY GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WHO HAS THE BEST HEAD LINE! I HAVE ALSO SHARE THE SAME ILLNESS’ AS HIM.. WE BOTH HAVE IT .. SO PLEASE, DONT EVEN THINK OF PUTTING THE LABEL OF JUNKIE ON HIM, OR I WILL TAKE LEGAL ACTION! THERE WERE MEDICAL REASONS FOR THE MASK, THE GLOVE, THE UMBRELLA AND THE INTENCE MEDS. THAT HE RARELY WENT OUTSIDE. AS FAR AS HIS TALENT, HE WAS MORE THAN A KING, HE WAS AN ICON, BUT HE WAS ALSO A VERY LOVING MAN, THAT WANTED TO BE LOVED, HELD,INTIMATE AND HE WANTED IT AS ANY MAN, A TWO WAY THING, TO TOUCH,KISS,HOLD ETC. PURE LOVE WAS MORE IMPORTANT AS HE KNEW TRUE LOVE WAS LOVE OF A MAN, NOT OF A PERFORMER. HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY HEART. AND IN A WAY, THE FACT THAT HE IS NOW PAIN FREE, I HAVE A LITTLE ENVEY.. BUT I WILL REJOIN HIM SOON, BUT NOT YET! SO IF YOU CANT SAY ANYTHING NICE , DONT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL. R.I.P HONEY

6. Hilary Shepherd Says:
   July 12th, 2009 at 2:00 pm

   Sarah,

   I am sorry if you feel I am being insensitive to you and MJ and your pain, but I think you are missing my point. I am all for pain management – and not to get into things, but I have been dealing with chronic pain literally from the day I was born, so this is not a foreign subject to me – however, there comes a time in pain management when a line is crossed and the medication becomes an addiction. Eventually the drugs are no longer helping with the pain, they are just masking it. Eventually the drugs are not taken to ease the pain, they are taken just to be “normal,” and the drugs become an addiction.

   Yes, there were medical reasons for the mask and the gloves, etc. but there was NO medical reason for MJ’s doctors to feed him incredibly heavy drugs at his home – drugs that should have never ever left the controlled environment of a hospital.

   As for being a vulture – the only vultures in MJ’s life were the so-called Doctors who kept feeding him the drugs that ultimately killed him.

   Perhaps the word ‘junkie’ is a little harsh, but MJ’s drug problem went way beyond simple pain management. That is my opinion, and I am entitled to it.

7. sarah Says:
   July 12th, 2009 at 4:55 pm

   YOU DONT GET IT DO YOU!!?? CRONIC PAIN SYNDROME IS ONLY A SMALL PART OF WHAT WE HAVE. BUT IT WAS WAY MORE THAN THAT FOR US.. EVEN LAYING ON A BED HURT.. THE PAIN WOULD GET TO THE POINT OF HAVING SEIZURES. STOP YOU BREATHING DUE TO ITS INTENSE NATURE, SCREAMING….. THERE WAS EVERY REASON FOR HIM TAKING THE MEDS WE TOOK…..I SUGGEST THAT I ARRANGE A FEW PEOPLE TO BEAT THE HELL OUT OF YOU WITH BASEBALL BATS, THEN, AND ONLY THEN, WILL YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR PAIN IS LIKE.
   YOU DONT LIKE BEING CALLED A VULTURE, WELL IF YOUR JOB IS TO REPORT, THEN YOU ARE A VULTURE, YOU BLOW THINGS WAY OUT OF WHAT THEY ARE….
   ALL OF YOU SIT BACK SLAM MICHAEL, CALL HIM A JUNKIE…..
   NONE OF YOU KNOW A DAMN THING ABOUT HIM… I CAN TELL YOU NOW, I KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT MICHAEL THAN ANY OF YOU…. I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND EVEN WHY…………………..LIKE I SAID, I KNEW HIM AND UNDERSTOOD HIM MORE THAN ANY OF YOU… SO FOR GOD SAKE, LET HIM BE….
   YOU YANK JOURNO’S SHIT ME. YOU SLAM PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE ALIVE AND CONTINUE TO DO SO WHEN THEY PASS AWAY. SO JUST BEAT IT. LET UP AND LEAVE US ALONE, AS FOR OTHERS SAYING WHAT ABOUT FARRAH…. “FARRAH WHO” 1 SHOW WONDER….

8. Mo Says:
   July 12th, 2009 at 7:21 pm

   Geeze! Hey Sarah~ You’re blowing a lot of stale and hot air. Unless you have something to substantiate your claim to knowing more about MJ and his illness by providing PROOF or EVIDENCE that you do know more, then shut up.

   Michael was a junkie! Whether he had legitimate reasons for taking all those drugs or not is beside the point. He took MORE than what is safe or within acceptable guidelines. 40 Xanax tablets a night? I know of no respectable professional doctor that would prescribe such a dosage.

   I think that’s part of the problem. There were no PROFESSIONAL doctors in Michael’s life. I think the so called doctors were struck by the notoriety and limelight of having Michael as a patient so they couldn’t say “No.” If they did, Michael went to seek another doctor who would fill his prescriptions.

   Sarah, if it was all legitimate and Michael had a medical “need” to take all those drugs, why then did he use his bodyguard’s name on the scripts? Doesn’t it seem a bit sinister to fraudulently obtain drugs in another person’s name for your own use? Oh, and in THIS country, it’s illegal to do so.

   I’m sorry you’re in so much pain but it’s no reason to threaten Hilary by saying you’ll take legal action. You can’t do shit. This is a public blog and she stated her opinion. They don’t throw you in jail for stating your opinion. You, on the other hand, can have charges filed against you for beating her up with bats so she could understand your pain.

   You seem to have intimate knowledge of MJ’s medical history, though his autopsy report hasn’t been released. So, unless you can provide evidence or proof to show how you know more and know so well about what Michael was feeling, then I’d suggest you step back and rethink all of the unsubstantiated claims you’re putting out here.

   Have you ever considered seeing a professional psychiatrist? Maybe they can help you without the use of taking MORE meds. The truth isn’t always easy or pretty but it sure can’t be refuted.

9. rawburtpeon Says:
   July 12th, 2009 at 9:03 pm

   as a diagnosed junkie i am offended by all of you. are you all better than me? i went to your churches, i went to your institutional learning facilities and you’re trying to say that i’m crazy. i pay my taxes, i deserve to vote, i deserve to live in my neighborhood without informing everyone within a 3 mile radius of my past and present activities and i deserve to marry my significant junkie by the power vested in me by the state of california. and i’ll be a junkie till the day i r.i.p. HONEY

10. sarah Says:
    July 12th, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    MO, YOU POOR THING..I DO NOT HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING TO YOU… AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA AT ALL AS TO MICHAEL’S MEDICAL PROBLEMS. I KNOW WHAT HE TOOK, AND WHY HE TOOK IT.I KNOW PEOPLE ARE CALLING HIM A JUNKIE. BUT IT WAS NOT WHAT YOU THINK. FOR STARTERS, ANYONE TAKING ANYTHING ON A REGULAR BASIS FITS THE JUNKIE LABEL.HE NEVER TOOK ANYTHING TO GET STONED,HE JUST WANTED TO BE FREE FROM HIS PAIN. YOU GUYS HAVE NO IDEA AS TO HOW SICK HE WAS, AND THE ILLNESSES HE HAD. THE PAIN HE WAS IN 24/7 WAS A NIGHTMARE, AND UNLESS YOU HAVE THESE ILLNESS, YOU WILL NEVER EVER UNDERSTAND. THE ONLY RELIEF WITH THESE ILLNESS, WAS EITHER AN ANESTHETIC, OR AN INDUCED COMA.OR A BOTTLE OF SEDATIVES.. HE WAS LIVING IN HELL, JUST A FEW OF HIS ILLNESSES, FIBROMYALGIA,LUPUS,AUTO IMMUNE DISEASE,INSOMNIA, INTERNAL BLEEDING.. THE PAIN MEDS HE WAS ON, BARELY TOOK THE EDGE OFF THE PAIN, BUT IF HE DID NOT TAKE IT,HE WOULD HAVE FELT EVEN WORSE.. BUT TAKING THE EDGE OFF BEATS YOU DOWN AFTER A WHILE, AND THAT IS WHEN YOU TAKE HIGHER DOSES OF PILLS OR START NEEDING A DRIP WITH EITHER STRONGER PAIN MEDS, OR ANESTHETIC FLUID. HAVE YOU EVER ASKED YOURSELF WHY THE MASK??? HE COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET SICK, HIS BODY WOULD HAVE HAD A HARD TIME FIGHTING IT… WHEN HE DID GO OUT, HALF THE TIME HE WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR… HE SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME ON OR IN A BED.. HIS HAIR WAS STARTING TO FALL OUT AND THE LIST OF WHAT I KNOW IS ENDLESS. AS FOR HILARY, PUBLIC PLACE OR NOT,DEFAMATION CAN BE TAKEN ANYWHERE…AS FOR THE BASEBALL BAT, OBVIOUSLY YOUR BRAIN CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE WORDS OF THAT’S HOW MUCH PAIN ONE WOULD BE IN…HAVE YOU NOT HEARD THE WORD COMPARE… NONE OF YOU KNOW WHAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH, NOR UNDERSTOOD HIM… HE WAS A LOVING PERSON THAT HAD A BIG HEART,HE ONLY WANTED TO HELP WITH HIS CHARITIES, AND HAVE SOMEONE TO JUST LOVE HIM AND HOLD HIM, NOT AS A CELEBRITY, BUT AS A MAN…THERE WILL NEVER BE SUCH A GENTLE AND KIND GUY LIKE HIM. YOU PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA, OF WHAT HE WENT THROUGH. AND AS FOR YOU SUGGESTING THAT I NEED A PSYCHIATRIST, SORRY MO, DON’T NEED ONE….. BUT I THINK YOU DO…..SO WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BOOK YOU IN? HOW ABOUT 3 WEEKS FROM NOW, AM BOOKED OUT UNTIL THEN..

11. David Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 2:58 am

    Excellent article Hilary, and I wholly concur with your sentimnents (and Mo’s post). Regarding Sarah’s comments, I would take these with a pinch of salt.
    There is a keycap next to your “A” letter on the keyboard Sarah, should be to the left called “CAPS LOCK”. Try using it. Google “Netiquette” for more information. Sorry, I cannot take Sarah’s rhetoric seriously…it sounds like it’s coming from a 10 year old child. Talking of which, not only was MJ a junkie, he also had an affinity with young boys. It’s just a pity that these FACTS override the extraordinary entertainer that he was, and the joy that he gave his fans through his music. RIP

12. Mo Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 11:47 am

    Hey Sarah,

    If you’re going to take legal action against Hilary for defamation, you better do the same with CNN, Fox News, Headline News and many other media outlets who say the same thing; Michael Jackson was a junkie.

    No, I will never know the pain MJ was in any more than you can. It’s hard to be in someone else’s skin, and with Michael, it can be confusing. Look, you MAY have some similar symptoms and I feel you’re projecting a lot of your own torments onto him (and others on this blog.)

    Michael took so many medications to “take the edge off” that he died. Well, I guess he’s feeling no pain now, is he? Sarah, you’re fighting to say it’s okay for Michael “needed” to take an over abundance and abuse of drugs. He’s dead due to the negligence of so called doctors and you seem to think that’s okay too. I don’t know what mind warp you’re in but I know of no place where that’s acceptable. I don’t believe Michael was a patient of Dr. Kavorkian, do you?

    As for seeing a shrink, I’m not the one ranting and raving in all CAPS about excusing an unnecessary death. Michael had illnesses we may not even know about but that doesn’t change the fact he was a junkie. You may not like it but the photos and records released from 2003 clearly shows how Michael had a serious drug problem.

    Again, if he was so legit, how come the need and use for using other’s names to get meds for Michael? That’s illegal on so many levels that no matter what you say, that Michael “needed” the drugs to take the edge off, doesn’t make it any less illegal.

    You feel you don’t need a shrink, but your WORDS show otherwise. I hope you find peace, Sarah. Seems like a living hell you’ve going through with what you’ve posted.

    Oh, and thank you David. I couldn’t agree with your post more.

13. sarah Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    NONE OF YOU UNDERSTAND DO YOU? I AM NOT PROJECTING MY ILLNESS. MY STATEMENT OF KNOWING MICHAEL, KNOWING WHAT HE TOOK, WHY HE TOOK IT,WHAT HE HAD, HOW IT AFFECTED HIM IS FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE, NOT A BUNCH OF PROJECTED FEELINGS ON MY PART. HE WAS SICK, BUT DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW ABOUT IT. AS FAR AS THE DRUGS BEING IN OTHER PEOPLES NAMES, WELL THAT QUESTION COULD BE ANSWERED BY A 2 YR OLD… IF THEY WERE IN HIS NAME, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MEDIA WOULD DO WHEN THEY HEARD ABOUT IT?AND THE FACT THAT HIS BODY NEEDED HIGHER DOSES TO HAVE ANY EFFECT WAS THE REASON FOR THE MULTIPLE DOCTORS. LEGAL OR NOT, IT WAS DONE TO PROTECT HIS PRIVACY AND TO STOP A MEDIA CIRCUS SHOW.ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING HE DID WAS ALWAYS BLOWN UP BY THE MEDIA; HE WAS ALSO WANTING TO PERFORM SO BAD,HE LOVED IT,HENCE THE CONCERT TOUR,BUT WE BOTH KNEW THAT HE WOULD MOST LIKELY NOT GET THROUGH IT.AND THAT HURT HIM LIKE MAD. AS FOR YOU DAVID, MY P.C IS OLD AND THE CAP LOCK KEY STICKS,SO THAT IS TOO BAD IF YOU DONT LIKE IT. EMOTIONALLY MICHAEL WAS GOING THROUGH HELL OVER HIS ILLNESS AS IT RULED HIS LIFE. IT HAD PASSED THE POINT OF HIM BEING ABLE TO CONTROL IT, AS IT WAS AT THE STAGE OF CONTROLLING HIM.HE THOUGHT THAT THE MEDS WOULD GET HIM THROUGH HIS TOUR THAT HE SO BADLY WANTED TO DO. BUT WHEN IT HIT HOME THAT IT WOULD NOT GET HIM THROUGH IT…..WELL…CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT, O.D, ASSISTED SUICIDE.. HE HAD REACHED THE POINT THAT BEING AWAKE IN PAIN WAS NOT LIVING. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I DO NOT CARE IF YOU CLAIM THAT I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING, OR MICHAEL.I DID KNOW AND STILL DO KNOW. SO HE WILL LIVE IN MY HEART.. AS FOR YOUR SHRINK STATEMENT AGAIN…. I HAVE ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT I CANT FIT YOU IN FOR ANOTHER 3 WEEKS…

14. Hilary Shepherd Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 9:15 pm

    Hey Sarah, how exactly do you know Michael Jackson? I mean, you’re making it sound like the two of you talked every day. Did you actually physically know him or is your relationship with him all in your head?

    Not trying to be rude, just trying to understand.

15. Mo Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 11:28 pm

    Sarah,

    Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

    I understand Michael was sick and perhaps sicker than I ever thought. I believe it was more than physical illness(es.)

    Michael having to take extra medication or obtaining it under false pretenses doesn’t make what he did any more right or legal. Yes, it sheds some light on his “story” but it doesn’t make it okay. Are you saying Michael died because he needed all those drugs to ease his pain? If that’s the case, then his death is the cause of his (or his doctors’) actions. Cause and effect.

    Funny, but Anna Nicole Smith also obtained drugs under false circumstances to avoid the media circus. Her doctor and lawyer (cough, puke) didn’t even bring her to a hospital when she had been feeling sickly for a few days and running a 105 degree fever. They’re both dead so I hope people can see from their examples that maybe doing so (obtaining drugs or extra drugs in another’s name) isn’t such a bright idea. It can be deadly (i.e. Anna Nicole, Michael Jackson.)

    Michael has been a “celebrity” for a long time. Being that he was such good friends with Diana Ross, Liz Taylor, Liza Minnelli, etc… I would think he’d have seen what price comes with the fame and celebrity status. It’s gone on for decades how stars use fictitious names in order to obtain drugs for their own use. Fictitious names are used to score MORE drugs, not so much because they need it for physical pain as much as it’s become a psychological dependence on the drug(s.) The need for more and more of a drug in order to ease the pain, in Michael’s case, ended in his death. I guess that’s when the need for more drugs ends. I see and hear how loudly you champion the cause. Kudos to you for being so loud about it, even if I strongly disagree.

    You want to excuse Michael’s unhealthy need for drugs because he was in so much pain. Does that excuse his behavior? He’s dead but I guess there’s nothing to be learned from his death to you. He NEEDED the drugs because he was in so much pain. He’s dead because he took too many drugs for his pain. How is that okay?

    I hold the “doctors” AND Michael responsible for his death. Doctors could/would not tell Michael “no” and the ones who did were cut out of his life, so he could find yet another doctor who would continue to support and enable his unhealthy drug habit. Michael didn’t die all by his own actions. There were so called doctors who helped Michael to his untimely demise.

    We lost a great talent and performer in Michael Jackson. I also believe we lost a great oddity, with Michael’s drastic transformation over the years. The issue with his nose is most evident (other than his skin color.) Whether it be due to sinus or congestion issues, his father Joe Jackson, also told Michael his nose was big. Can you tell me that didn’t play a part in Michael’s never ending nose chiseling?

    It’s my observation that Michael’s pain weren’t just physical ones but psychological ones as well. I hope he is at peace.

    Sarah, are you seeing a shrink in 3 weeks?

16. sarah Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 12:33 am

    HILLARY.. FIRST, PLEASE DON’T THINK THAT THE CAPS LOCKED IS ME YELLING AT
    YOU…..ITS NOT…. MY P.C HAS LOCKED THE KEY..

    MY RELATIONSHIP IS NOT IN MY HEAD…. HOW I KNEW HIM IS PRIVATE AND VERY,VERY PERSONAL AND GIVEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE MEDIA, AND ALL, THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY TO YOU, IS THAT I KNEW HIM, HIS ILLNESSES, THE PAIN, THE REASON FOR THE FAKE FOOTAGE OF THE SO CALLED REHEARSAL, THE REASON’S WHY THE MEDS WERE IN OTHER NAMES, WHY THE DEMEROL INJECTIONS, WHY THE OXYCONTIN, WHY THE ANESTHETIC DRIP, INTERNAL BLEEDING, AND THAT I LOVED HIM…HE EVEN HAD A GYM BUT IT WAS RARELY TOUCHED. AND IT HURTS ME TO SEE AND HEAR ALL THE MEDIA MAKING OUT THAT HE WAS BAD… HE WAS THE KINDEST PERSON ANYONE COULD KNOW. HE WAS LOVING AND GENTLE,WAY BEYOND ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE.WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW AND REMEMBER IS THAT, HE LOVED AND ADORED HIS CHILDREN SO MUCH AND WAS A GREAT FATHER. BUT I CAN SAY THAT HIS MOTHER MEANT THE WORLD TO HIM HENCE WHY HE WANTED HIS CHILDREN TO BE RAISED BY HER..A SON IS MEANT TO OUT LIVE THE PARENT, THE CHANCE OF THAT WAS SMALL, IT CUT HIM DEEPLY. HE DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO SEE HIM THE WAY HE WAS. HE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT ANYONE FROM KNOWING THE TRUTH. THE REASON I GET UPSET WHEN PEOPLE START ON HIM IS BECAUSE NONE OF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT HE WAS REALLY LIKE OR WHAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH. PEOPLE STARTED ALL KINDS OF STORIES ABOUT HIM IN BED AND THE VISITING CHILDREN THERE AS WELL, NONE OF YOU KNEW THE REASON AS TO WHY HE WAS ON THE BED IN THE FIRST PLACE! HIS ILLNESSES KEPT HIM BED BOUND A LOT OF THE TIME, BUT THIS WAS NOT KNOWN BY ANYONE BUT HIS DOCTORS.IT WAS ALL INNOCENT….MICHAEL WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM….ALL I WANT FOR HIM NOW, IS FOR ALL THE MEDIA, HYPE AND NAME CALLING TO STOP….HE WILL ALWAYS BE PART OF ME….

17. Mo Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 10:25 am

    Gee Hilary….this Sarah chick seems to know so much about Michael and his life. A poster who remains anonymous behind the computer monitor and can’t prove or substantiate anything she says other than to take her words for it. Yet we are to ignore what is being said by Michael’s previous nurses, lawyers, doctors, friends.

    Seems to me someone has detachment issues.

18. sarah Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    MO IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME KNOWING MICHAEL… TOO BAD..
    IF YOU KNEW SOMEONE AND SOME STRANGE PERSON SAID PROVE IT?? WHAT WOULD YOU THINK?. YOU WOULD TELL THEM TO TAKE A HIKE, RIGHT????I HAVE NOT SAID HE WAS NOT ON ANY MEDS,IN FACT I STATED WHAT I KNEW HE WAS ON. AND IF YOU WANT TO DIG UP DIRT, HIS EX NURSE QUIT BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT HANDLE HIS PLEE FOR PAIN MEDS. I DONT KNOW WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE, BUT I SENSE A TESTOSTERONE THING GOING ON WITH YOU. YOU CANT HANDLE THAT I KNEW HIM?, YOU CANT HANDLE THAT I KNEW HE WAS SICK?, YOU CANT HANDLE THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT YOU DONT?, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU ARE JUST A LITTLE WORM THAT CANT STAND THE THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE ELSE MAY HAVE KNOWN HIM AND WHAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH…SORRY MO, BUT YOU ARE NOT WORTH TALKING TO AS YOU KNOW NOTHING AND GET YOUR BACK UP AND TURN NASTY WHEN YOU GET TOLD AN HONEST STATEMENT…..

19. Mo Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    Well Sarah, you ARE a stranger to me and yet you want me to believe you knew Michael intimately. I have problems with people who claim something but have nothing to support their claim other than their words.

    You haven’t said Michael wasn’t on meds. You seem to excuse Michael’s excessive use and abuse of drugs. I don’t understand anyone who condones bad behavior. Michael is dead, right? You seem to miss the point that Michael’s need for excessive drugs led to his death. And that seems to be okay by you and THAT’S what I don’t understand and find it a problem.

    I don’t care whether you knew Michael in reality or not. You certainly can’t prove anything and haven’t proved anything other than your incessant words saying you knew Michael and what pain he was in.

    I wouldn’t give a rat’s ass whether you knew him or not. All the posts you’ve made are only from your point of view, with nothing to support it. Only your words that you knew him. My posts have been made from my observations, reading, hearing news (not just the celebrity news shows) and from my own life experience. Check out TMZ, CNN, Fox News, Headline News, People Magazine and any of the numerous wed sites and you’ll find that they support what I’ve posted. You have provided NOTHING BUT ALL CAPS SAYING YOU KNEW MICHAEL, HE WAS IN PAIN AND SUFFERING, NUMEROUS ILLNESSES. I don’t argue he was in pain and had illnesses. I have a problem with someone stating something factual and having nothing to support it. Even if it weren’t you, Sarah, I’d have a problem with it.

    How can one discuss or debate without facts?

    You haven’t answered any of the questions I’ve posted previously. Like if what Michael did was so legitimately, why use fictitious names? Oh yeah, to protect his privacy. Anna Nicole Smith did that and she’s dead too. That is not only and honest statement but TRUTHFUL. Michael had a lot of “yes” people in his life (much like Anna Nicole) and he died. Anna, too, cut people out of her life when they didn’t do as she wanted (mostly get more drugs) the very same way Michael cut people out of his life when they didn’t do as he wanted or wished. Too many similarities between the two, drugs and death being the end result.

    Michael was a junkie only we didn’t really know about it until after his death. He was good at hiding it, unlike Anna Nicole where we saw her obliterated on awards shows as well as her own reality show. It upsets you when people call him a junkie. The fact he had needle marks throughout his body and the abundance of drugs found in his home not just this time around but as far back as 2003 shows he was a junkie. Now he’s a dead junkie. Janet even tried intervention to which Michael refused contact with his family members. Those are FACTS, Sarah. Your excuse for Michael is that he was sick, in pain, etc, etc… I’ve learned you can’t help someone who is not willing to help themselves.

    Nasty? You were the one threatening to file legal action against Hilary for stating her opinion. Rant, rant, rant…you KNEW Michael. He was in pain (on which I agree and I also believe it was more than just physical pain he was suffering.) You excuse and condone his abuse of medications because he was in pain and suffering. You’re in pain and suffering, as is evident by all your posts. You’ll “join” Michael soon, you “aren’t far behind.” Geeze! I’d love for a professional psychiatrist to read and comment on your posts, as well as mine. I’d be willing to hear and even accept her or his impressions of them. Are you?

    You come off the wall (hmmm…) when people call Michael a junkie, when there’s plenty of evidence he was one. You go ballistic claiming to know and understand Michael’s situation but you don’t offer anything to support your own statements. Show a link, share a private email/letter, go to tinypics and share with others that you knew Michael. You’ve done nothing but be redundant about knowing him with nothing to substantiate it. You are a stranger to me so I think you’re full of chit because you can’t back up anything you say about knowing him.

    As for what I’ve stated here and in my previous posts, we have Michael’s history to support my statements. What’s there to support yours?

    Maybe you don’t understand how blogs work. You state something, you should have something to support it other than your words. A link to where you got your information (other than your head) would be nice.) If you have nothing to support your claims, they’re only you opinions. And in this country there’s a saying that opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. Or is one.

    I don’t have a problem you knowing Michael IF you knew him. I have a problem with you screaming about it without anything to show you knew Michael other than your stuck CAPS. You are a stranger to me so why would I believe you? I am a stranger to you but yet you keep hounding me about how I don’t get it and am running on testosterone (and you’re dead wrong about it.)

    Michael WAS sick, in pain, had many illnesses and took an overabundance of drugs. I understand it. I don’t understand why you seem to think it’s okay that he took so many drugs that led to his death. That is NOT okay unless it was something he was intentionally trying to do. (I am almost anticipating you saying he did do it intentionally.) As time progresses, we will learn a few more things that may or may not support it.

    But having read your posts, it wouldn’t matter what the report reveal because YOU KNEW MICHAEL AND HE WAS IN PAIN AND NEEDED MORE DRUGS. You seem to be a lost cause, Sarah. I’m sorry for your pain. Godspeed.

20. MIKE Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 3:42 pm

    I TOO HAVE AN ISSUE WTH CAPS LOCK.
    IT’S BEEN BOTHERING ME FOR SOME TIME.
    I ACTUALLY HAVE CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT MJ.
    I USED TO THINK THAT HE WAS A CHILD MOLESTER, MOLESTED AS A CHILD (LIKE PETE TOWNSEND FROM THE WHO)
    NOW I THINK IT WAS ALL ABOUT LONG TERM DRUG DEPENDANCY.
    IF YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE, LET ME KNOW…

21. Hilary Shepherd Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    Why yes Mike, I would love for you to continue.

    Do you think MJ was a junkie? Or are you on Sarah’s side and refusing to admit MJ had a serious drug problem because he “needed” the drugs – which, personally, I thought was a sign of someone having a serious drug problem, but Sarah says she knew MJ and she knows better than all of us, so I could be wrong.

    Except that I’m not!

    So what do you think Mike?

22. sarah Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    OH YOU POOR THING MO!!!!! I REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR YOU!!! SINCE WHEN DID OTHER PEOPLES PERSONAL BUSINESS COME DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF HAVING TO PROVE IT.. AND TO A STRANGER???? MY GOD…THAT’S LIKE ME ASKING YOU TO PROVE WHO YOU ARE AND TO PROVE AND BACKUP EVERYTHING YOU CLAIM?? YOUR STATEMENT IS LUDICROUS AND PLAIN STUPID. I NEVER STATED THAT I CONDONED THE LEVEL AND COMBINATION OF HIS MEDS, I THINK THAT IS WHY THEY STILL HAVE HIS BRAIN, TO CHECK FOR DAMAGE DUE TO DRUG USE. BUT WHAT I AM SAYING, THAT I KNEW THE PAIN HE WAS LIVING WITH,SEEING HIM LIKE THAT WAS HEART BREAKING, I KNEW EVERY REASON FOR DEMANDING THE HEAVY MEDS. HE WOULD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TO 50 GIGS IN THAT AMOUNT OF PAIN…..I NEVER LIKED IT EITHER, UNFORTUNATELY, WITH HIM IN THE LIME-LIGHT, HE HAD TO COME ACROSS AS FINE AND IN FANTASTIC CONDITION… YOU MADE MENTION THAT YOU EXPECTED ME TO COME OUT WITH THE STATEMENT OF HE DID IT INTENTIONALLY.. IF YOU READ THROUGH THIS LONG DRAWN OUT DEBATE, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT I HAD MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF ASSISTED SUICIDE…. JUST BECAUSE I KNEW HIM DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT, AS FAR AS ALL THE DRUGS GO, I WAS SIMPLY TRYING TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT I UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH AND WHAT MEDS HE WAS ON AND WHY HE TOOK THEM IT DOES NOT CONDONE THE EXCESS USE OF THEM.
    AS FOR YOU AND YOUR STATEMENTS, THEY ARE GETTING A LITTLE STALE AND I HAVE REPLIED TO WHAT I WANTED TO REPLY TO AS THERE IS SUCH A THING AS PRIVACY, THE ONLY WORDS LEFT FOR ME TO SAY ARE TO CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND THAT LEAVES YOU SHIT OUT OF LUCK…..OH, AND YOU MENTION VARIOUS TABLOIDS? SORRY MATE, I AM ON A RANCH WITH ACRES OF BUSH LAND IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, SO I DON’T GET INTO THAT KIND OF LOWER LEVEL MEDIA..

23. Mo Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    I, too, am interested on your thoughts about Michael’s drug dependence, Mike.

    I don’t know if Michael was molested, but it seems he had physical and emotional abuse at least from his father, Joe. I think that type of abuse can manifest itself in different ways, drug abuse or drug dependence can be a result. We aren’t talking about a “friend” you know, but a well known celebrity that has been in the public eye for decades. We saw his drastic transformation and eventual death.

    I’m curious, Mike; what changed your mind thinking Michael was a child molester to being drug dependent?

    Thanks!

24. sarah Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 9:37 pm

    HI MIKE, NICE TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE ELSE IN THE WORLD HAS A CAPS LOCKED P.C.. WITH TO MICHAEL AND HIS MEDS, WE WERE ALWAYS TAUGHT TO PUT THEM INTO 2 GROUPS.. 1 BEING DRUGS TO BE TAKEN FOR A REASON OR DRUGS TO GET HIGH….
    THE PROBLEM IS THAT MICHAEL WAS ON DRUGS THAT CAN FIT INTO EITHER GROUP… AND THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE DONT GET IT…HE WAS VERY SICK AND IN A LOT OF PAIN, HENCE OVER TAKING MEDS TO KILL THE PAIN.. SO ON THIS SIDE IT IS NOT TO GET HIGH. BUT THEN AS STATED, THE VERY SAME DRUGS, IF OBTAINED, CAN AN WILL BE USED BY PEOPLE SEEKING TO GET HIGH…. IT IS THIS VERY LINE THAT NO-ONE CAN UNDERSTAND.. HE NEEDED THEM FOR HIS SEVERAL ILLNESSES, BUT OVER TIME WHEN THE ILLNESS GOT WORSE, THE MEDS HAD TO BE INCREASED… PEOPLE DONT WANT TO SEE THIS SIDE OF THE PICTURE. ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS MAKE OUT HE TOOK IT TO GET HIGH AND TO SELL THEIR PAPERS.. I HAVE BEEN SLAMMED AND CALLED NAMES BECAUSE I CAN SAY I KNOW HIM???? HAVE ANY OF YOU THOUGHT THAT I MAY HAVE KNOWN HIM THROUGH A CHARITY HE WAS INVOLVED WITH? THAT TURNED INTO A VERY CLOSE FRIENDSHIP?? NO I DID NOT THINK SO..APART FROM MIKE, SO FAR, ALL HAVE YOU HAVE SLAMMED ME FOR HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY KEYS LOCKED, FOR BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT I KNEW HIM AND BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH…ALL YOU GUYS SO FAR HAVE WANTED TO KNOCK HIM DOWN, AND HAVE A SHOT AT ME BECAUSE I KNEW HIM….OMG YOUR EGOS!!!!! EXCULDING MIKE AS HE HAS NOT SAID ANYTHING AGAINST ME AT THIS STAGE…

25. Hilary Shepherd Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    It seems the email address Mike gave has reached its mailbox quota, so he is unaware of the responses he has received. Too bad for him – they’re quite interesting.

26. prettypois0n Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    MJ will always be remembered not only for the remarkable musical contributions made in the “life changing” field of entertainment ,but also as the most beloved PEDO/JUNKIE in the history of mankind.As for Farrah being a one-show wonder although he made many “hit” 45’s as a child as an adult all the royalties he was presently living on came from the making of three full albums which i doubt were were even played as much before his untimely demise.People tend to overlook or convinently pretend that al the hits like “billiejean,thriller.etc” were all MJs however if it were not for the opening guitar riffs thought of and credited by Edward Van Halen and other credited contributions by other “real” rock musicians I doubt that “THRILLER” would become what it has accomplished to this very day,the worlds number one album of all time.And after that what he became notoriously known for had less to do with music and more for his obsession to “be like WHITE” to erase through plastic surgery that he was of AFRICN descent to his life long passion for pre-tween boys.His vein-breaking intraveneous pre-occupation whether for real or imagined illnesses does have a message that all should take to heart which is anything and more so if one chooses to indulge in any “medication”whether it be legit or illicit,the road to wisdom is one of excess;which in the end will first take your money,health and sadly in this case a superstar’s life.happy day to all

27. prettypois0n Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    Oh in cae you missed what i was alluding to previously in regards to commenting on farrah being a one show wonder .With MJ being known world wide mostly for the music from primarily the thriller and dangerous albums,he just had one on farrah being a two hit album wonder..and besides farrah was more pleasurable to look at than the caricature MJ had chosen to look like with his vampire junkir pale skin to his famous paste-on nose,the result from believing in liz taylors manta of better living through paying a plastic surgeon later

28. sarah Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 11:02 pm

    PRETTIPOISON DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM???? IF YOU HAVE DARK SKIN AND YOU GET HIT WITH LUPIS,IT WILL TURN YOU WHITE AND BLOCHY AND YOU CAN NOT AFFORD TO LET THE SUN HIT YOUR SKIN, HENCE HATS, UMBRELLA, GLOVES.AS FOR WHO WROTE THE SONGS, FIRSTLY, MOST PEOPLE DONT SING THEIR OWN MATERIAL. BUT HE DID WRITE A LOT OF HIS OWN MUSIC… HOW MANY OF YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN OF HIS STATUS FOR OVER 40YEARS… JUST LET IT BE…

29. Mo Says:
    July 16th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    >>> This is my response to Sarah and I’m breaking it up into two sections because it’s quite lengthy. <<<

    PART I-

    Stop projecting your pity on me, Sarah. I don’t need it.

    You seem to forget how your posts first began on this thread, with your homage to Michael. It seemed pretty poetic until you got to this part: … YOUR HEART AND MINE WERE ALWAYS BEATING TOGETHER IN TIME AND ONLY EVER WANTED TO BE KIND. WE FELT THE SAME AS EACH OTHER, BUT NO ONE WOULD EVER UNDERSTAND THAT LOVE WHICH WE SHARED WAS PLAIN OLD FASHIONED CARING.WHAT NO ONE WAS EVER TOLD,HAS NOW BEEN LAID TO REST. BUT MORE THAN THAT, THAT THE WORLD DID NOT KNOW WAS OF YOUR ILLNESS YOU BATTLED, THAT WAS LIVING HELL! I KNOW OF ITS PAIN, TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CANT EVEN WALK,M.J MY MAN I HAVE THE SAME ILLNES AS YOU HAD, BUT NOW YOU ARE FREE OF ITS GRIPPING AGONY, I AM NOT THAT FAR AWAY,UNTIL I JOIN YOU. IT HAS TO GO.. MY FINAL WORDS TO YOU, I LOVE YOU, I FEEL YOU, I SENSE YOUR BEING AROUND AND EVERYTIME I HAVE TO REACH THE MEDS, WELL YOU ALREADY KNOW, WE BOTH HAD IT, YOU ARE FREE. R.I.P

    You’re saying you have Michael’s illness and say you’re not that far away until you join him. Yet you feel sorry for me and say I’m the one making ludicrous statements? I dare you Sarah, to take our posts and show them to anyone else and let them decide who is ludicrous.

    Your second post, you call Americans “vultures.” (This site you’re on is run by an American on American soil, so if you think we’re so bad, feel free to get off of it.) You threaten Hilary with legal action for calling MJ a junkie. Then you get goofy with this in your post: BUT HE WAS ALSO A VERY LOVING MAN, THAT WANTED TO BE LOVED, HELD,INTIMATE AND HE WANTED IT AS ANY MAN, A TWO WAY THING, TO TOUCH,KISS,HOLD ETC. PURE LOVE WAS MORE IMPORTANT AS HE KNEW TRUE LOVE WAS LOVE OF A MAN, NOT OF A PERFORMER. HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY HEART. AND IN A WAY, THE FACT THAT HE IS NOW PAIN FREE, I HAVE A LITTLE ENVEY.. BUT I WILL REJOIN HIM SOON, BUT NOT YET! SO IF YOU CANT SAY ANYTHING NICE , DONT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL. R.I.P HONEY

    How do you know Michael wanted to be held, intimate, touched and loved? Did Michael tell you? Don’t you think it’s hypocritical of you to say if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all when you are the one threatening legal action and calling a nation of people “vultures?”

    Now you’re saying you “knew every reason” for Michael’s demand for excessive meds. Did your scalp burn too? Have you had numerous surgeries, facial ones in particular? You give nothing to make me believe you knew Michael as you claim.

    On your third post, you say: I CAN TELL YOU NOW, I KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT MICHAEL THAN ANY OF YOU…. I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND EVEN WHY…………………..LIKE I SAID, I KNEW HIM AND UNDERSTOOD HIM MORE THAN ANY OF YOU… SO FOR GOD SAKE, LET HIM BE….

    You know Michael more than any of [us]? Does his family even know about you? His kids know you? Your arrogance and know-it-all attitude stinks and is very much unappreciated when you make statements like that and show nothing to support it. And THAT Sarah, is what you seem to be unable to grasp in this “debate” you and I have had on this thread.

    Your fourth post is pretty crazy to me. And I’ve only provided excerpts on your posts but at least I’m showing you where you can find the info that supports my statements. Where’s yours? The few illnesses you say Michael had have been reported on television and on the internet, so get off your condescending plateau about not getting into that kind of “lower level media.” So being in the Bush or not is a moot point. I’d like to point out you are posting on a site from America with the word “gossip” in its name.

    Your fifth post, you say you’re not projecting: NONE OF YOU UNDERSTAND DO YOU? I AM NOT PROJECTING MY ILLNESS. MY STATEMENT OF KNOWING MICHAEL, KNOWING WHAT HE TOOK, WHY HE TOOK IT,WHAT HE HAD, HOW IT AFFECTED HIM IS FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE, NOT A BUNCH OF PROJECTED FEELINGS ON MY PART.

    You know it first hand how? I also see this post is where you allude to the assisted suicide, however not very clearly. I’m sorry your keys are stuck but your blocks of incessant and unsupported words make it all easy to skip or forget your words.

    … To be continues…

30. Mo Says:
    July 16th, 2009 at 1:15 pm

    Response to Sarah PART II-

    Your sixth post you state you knew Michael personally. … HOW I KNEW HIM IS PRIVATE AND VERY,VERY PERSONAL AND GIVEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE MEDIA, AND ALL, THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY TO YOU, IS THAT I KNEW HIM, HIS ILLNESSES, THE PAIN, THE REASON FOR THE FAKE FOOTAGE OF THE SO CALLED REHEARSAL, THE REASON’S WHY THE MEDS WERE IN OTHER NAMES, WHY THE DEMEROL INJECTIONS, WHY THE OXYCONTIN, WHY THE ANESTHETIC DRIP, INTERNAL BLEEDING, AND THAT I LOVED HIM…

    I’m still not convinced you knew Michael privately or personally, but hey…whatever floats your boat. I don’t have to believe you anymore than you have to believe me. But at least I can support my statements and you haven’t been able to support yours. Again Sarah, THAT is the very point you’re missing in our “debate.”

    In that same post, you also say Michael was in bed with the children because of his illness. …ALL KINDS OF STORIES ABOUT HIM IN BED AND THE VISITING CHILDREN THERE AS WELL, NONE OF YOU KNEW THE REASON AS TO WHY HE WAS ON THE BED IN THE FIRST PLACE! HIS ILLNESSES

    That’s plausible and until I learn and know more, it’s only your hard to believe words or opinion. (Will you please learn to break your posts into paragraphs? It’s hard enough you’re all in CAPS and to have no break in your words makes it harder, at least for me. Thanks.) As far as I’ve been able to learn YOU are the only one making that claim. To seek corroboration is not crazy or harsh but simply thorough. You make factual statements with no facts to support them, but you claim you’re being slammed and called names.

    You also state: HE DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO SEE HIM THE WAY HE WAS. HE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT ANYONE FROM KNOWING THE TRUTH

    So you’re saying the Michael we saw was an illusion and he did what he did to hide the truth. That’s a very telling statement, Sarah. Whichever way you take it, Michael was hiding the truth whatever it was. I think it’s safe to say hiding or running from the truth cost Michael his life.

    Your seventh post you say: … HIS EX NURSE QUIT BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT HANDLE HIS PLEE FOR PAIN MEDS.

    That’s a clear sign to me that there’s a problem. His PLEA (correct spelling) for pain meds. Again, I believe Michael was in more than just physical pain. The scalp burn and numerous surgical procedures I think caused him pain even after the procedures. But did you notice Joe Jackson wasn’t mentioned in Michael’s will? It’s my thought that there’s Michael had unresolved issues with his father.

    You’re eighth post is what this post of mine is responding to. I didn’t mention “tabloid.” This is part of my post: “I wouldn’t give a rat’s ass whether you knew him or not. All the posts you’ve made are only from your point of view, with nothing to support it. Only your words that you knew him. My posts have been made from my observations, reading, hearing news (not just the celebrity news shows) and from my own life experience. Check out TMZ, CNN, Fox News, Headline News, People Magazine and any of the numerous wed sites and you’ll find that they support what I’ve posted. You have provided NOTHING BUT ALL CAPS SAYING YOU KNEW MICHAEL, HE WAS IN PAIN AND SUFFERING, NUMEROUS ILLNESSES. I don’t argue he was in pain and had illnesses. I have a problem with someone/anyone stating something factual and having nothing to support it. Even if it weren’t you, Sarah, I’d have a problem with it. What don’t you understand about that statement?

    Do you consider CNN, Fox News and Headline News to be tabloid? I can understand TMZ People Magazine being called tabloids, but that’s not to say there’s a grain of truth in their articles. I’ve also read MJ info on Reuters and the AP, and they have credible reputations. But if you consider them tabloids because you KNEW Michael, then so be it.

    And, if my statements are “stale” then why do you keep responding to me?

    Did you know others can send their condolences to “the family” via internet? I just wish you’d quit making yourself out to be some kind of wonderful because you state you KNEW MICHAEL, with nothing to back it up.

    …to be continued…

31. Mo Says:
    July 16th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Conclusion to my response to Sarah’s 8th post, PART III-

    You didn’t say you condoned the excessive amounts of drugs Michael needed but you IMPLIED it by stating he needed them because he was sick and in pain. If you don’t do anything to stop it, then you’re either condoning or supporting it. You understand why Michael needed all those drugs and it’s okay by you because he didn’t take it to get high, he took it because he body grew tolerant to the drugs and he needed more. Michael’s need for more drugs only ended with his death. And that’s okay by you because you understand. Did I get that right?

    Since I’ve been thorough and labored over this one post, I’ve since read your ninth post, which was to MIKE, also with stuck CAPS. Funny even after a few posts, how you didn’t say your CAPS were stuck until it was pointed out to you. All CAPS in “Netiquette” means angry. I find it intriguing though, that MIKE with the stuck CAPS’s moniker is all in CAPS but our dear Sarah with the stuck CAPS, didn’t mention they were stuck until several posts and it was brought to her attention. HMMM…

    Your post to MIKE, you say you’ve been “slammed and called names.” I still stand by all the posts I’ve made to you. I slammed you because you state things as factual but haven’t been able to support your statements other than your words. The charity volunteer turned close friendship can be more believable than you storming in here saying “I KNEW MICHAEL.” It’s your approach, Sarah; arrogant and condescending. “I KNOW BETTER THAN ANY OF YOU.” Right. Like that’s gonna win anyone over. Chit like that deserve to be shot.

    Now you’re whining about getting taken a shot at because you knew Michael. Well gee…having just chronicled your posts, I can see why some would want to take shots at you. Awww, poor baby out in the Bush… Stop presenting yourself as a condescending a**hole and maybe I won’t want to take a shot at you. But it seems like you’re working on MIKE saying something against you at a later time. OMG YOUR EGOS!! EXCULDING MIKE AS HE HAS NOT SAID ANYTHING AGAINST ME AT THIS STAGE…

    Does the Bush have enough space for your ego? Or are you just workin’ it so someone else can take a “shot” at ya?

    Oooh, I see you’ve gone ballistic on prettypois0n with your 10th post on here. HOW MANY OF YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN OF HIS STATUS FOR OVER 40YEARS… JUST LET IT BE…

    It seems to me YOU are the one that should let it be, Sarah. And what’s with the comparison bullchit? What kind of status have you been in for over 40 years?

    Take heed to your own words, Sarah. JUST LET IT BE… or shut up about it.

    I’m out of here until tonight. G’day all!

32. sarah Says:
    July 16th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    HERE WE GO AGAIN….. APART FROM THE LUPUS, YES I DO HAVE THE SAME ILLNESSES, I HAVE HAD PARTIAL HAIR BURNT GETTING OUT OF AN AREA OF BUSH THAT WAS BURNING.BUT YOU COULD NOT COMPARE IT TO THE FIRE THAT MICHAEL WAS BURNT IN. YOU MADE A COMMENT ALONG THE LINES OF POOR ME, STUCK WAY OUT IN THE BUSH…… I DON’T NEED PITY….. I LOVE IT AND WOULD NOT TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING!! WHEN I OPEN MY EYES EACH MORNING I SEE KANGAROO’S, WALLABIES,AND THE SONGS OF RARE BIRDS. WHAT DO YOU SEE? NOT HAVING A GO AT YOU, I AM JUST CURIOUS? IN THE FIRST PART OF YOUR STATEMENT WHERE YOU HAVE QUOTED OUR FEELINGS, I WAS TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND MANY THINGS, FROM OUR ILLNESS, TO THE FACT THAT HE LOVED HIS FANS, BUT FAME HAS A PRICE, AND YOU PAY BIG TIME WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO, YOU CANT BE JUST A MAN THAT IS WANTED JUST OUT OF LOVE, BECAUSE HE WAS FOLLOWED BY THE MEDIA AND A PERSON IN THE PUBLIC EYE, HE WOULD NOT KNOW IF THEY LOVED HIM OR WHO HE WAS,OR IF IT WAS A SET UP FOR THE MEDIA SO THEY COULD HAVE THE STORIES..
    AND YES AT THE RATE OF MY ILLNESS, I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG I CAN GO ON WITH THE PAIN LIKE THIS. I DON’T HAVE A PERSONAL DR GIVING ME MEDS, FIRST THAT TAKES MONEY AND SECOND IT WOULD NOT GET PAST OUR MEDICAL HISTORIES SCHEME. LIKE MICHAEL, I HAVE A LOVE OF CHILDREN, I ALSO RUN A CHARITY, MICHAEL DONATED MONEY TO THOUSANDS OF CHARITIES, LIKE I HAVE ALREADY STATED, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT THIS IS HOW WE MET?

    AS FOR MY COMMENT ABOUT MOST AMERICANS BEING VULTURES, I AM MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT THE MEDIA! I SHOULD KNOW, I LIVED THERE FOR 4-5 YEARS AND WAS ALSO MARRIED TO ONE.

    YES I MENTIONED ASSISTED SUICIDE,I BELIEVE FAR MORE THAN THIS, BUT, I CANT SAY WHAT I WANT TO SAY DUE TO YOUR LEGAL SYSTEM, BUT THAT IS AS CLOSE AS I CAN STATE…

    YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE FACT THAT I WAS BEING ANGRY WITH NOT STATING MY REASON FOR MY CAPS LOCKED…. TO BE UP-FRONT, I DID NOT KNOW THAT! AS I RARELY USE A P.C. IF YOU THOUGHT I WAS YELLING, I APOLOGIES, AS I DID NOT KNOW AND WHEN ONE OF YOU MENTIONED IT, I STATED THE REASON.
    I HAVE ANSWERED MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS, DUE TO OUR PRIVACY, THERE IS A LINE.YOU HAVE MENTIONED NUMEROUS TIMES FOR ME TO PROVE THINGS. AND, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, IF I TOLD YOU THAT YOU HAD TO PROVE SOMETHING TO ME, IT WOULD BE OUT OF LINE.
    I DO NOT CARE IF YOU BELIEVE ME OR NOT, I JUST DON’T CARE. BUT I WILL ALWAYS KNOW THAT I DID KNOW HIM…AND THAT THERE IS MORE TO COME WITH HIS DEATH..

33. Mo Says:
    July 17th, 2009 at 1:08 am

    Okay Sarah, we are continuing our “debate.” Actually, I am starting to understand (for lack of a better term) what it is you are trying to say, though (no offense) you need to be more clear or articulate about what you mean.

    I’m sorry that you’re ill. I too have had 2nd and 3rd degree burns on my legs but unless I showed you my hospital records or scars, there’s no way of proving it on an internet blog. So touche` on that one.

    No, I didn’t not make a comment of poor you, being out in the Bush. You stated: OMG YOUR EGOS!! EXCULDING MIKE AS HE HAS NOT SAID ANYTHING AGAINST ME AT THIS STAGE…

    To which I responded: Does the Bush have enough space for your ego? Or are you just workin’ it so someone else can take a “shot” at ya?

    (I am responding only in regards to the last post I made to you, not previous posts.) I certainly wasn’t pitying you. You don’t need my pity any more than I need yours.

    I live in a city but I do see birds, raccoons, squirrels. When I go north, I can see elk, wild turkeys, snakes. I wasn’t faulting or slamming you for living in the Bush. In fact, there’s a part of me that finds it enviable (to a degree) but I’d probably croack with the heat, so kudos to you for surviving it with your illnesses.

    As for you understanding Michael and his distrust for others (not knowing if they wanted/liked him for himself or because he was a celebrity) you really need to be more clear about your statements. The way you flew off with so many unsupported statements makes it very easy to legitimately question your statements. Was it so hard to say you knew him from charity work? Or were you protecting Michael from more media scrutiny?

    I AM sorry you are in pain and have stated so in previous posts. I don’t understand what you mean about …AND SECOND IT WOULD NOT GET PAST OUR MEDICAL HISTORIES SCHEME. I don’t know what medical scheme you are trying to pull off. Or why.

    Why couldn’t you be honest enough to say you ran a charity, instead of repeatedly saying you knew Michael without ever giving an explanation as to HOW you knew him? You avoided saying anything about it until very late in our “debate.” Like I said, it gives some credence to your statements that you knew Michael had you stated your charity work in the first place. And no, I never thought charity work is how you may have met. Michael did a lot of things, like seek numerous doctors or go shopping a lot so how in the world would anyone know how you and Michael may have met?

    Your comment about Americans being vultures, you need to be more specific about who you are calling names. Only in America, “YOU LOT” is a very general statement and includes everyone, not just the media. Also, I have lived in America for decades and have felt free to speak my mind without fear of retaliation. We do have Freedom of Speech here.

    As far as our legal system, well I don’t know what you can’t say due to it but I understand there are differences in legal systems with different countries or sovereignties. Too bad you aren’t free to speak your mind.

    I can accept that you didn’t know all CAPS meant anger, so I apologize for slamming you on that one.

    Good for you that you know you knew Michael. Isn’t that the most important part after all? As for me asking for proof of it, that’s what’s done on a blog. If you make a statement and someone asks for evidence to support your statement, it isn’t out of line as much as it’s being investigated or thorough. If I stated something I can’t support, then it’s fair for someone not to believe me. However, now that you’ve been more forthcoming with information, I can begin to understand where you might be coming from. Not that I believe everything you say, but I am willing to hear you out.

    Out of sheer curiosity, are you above the age of 20 years?

    Oh, and I do agree with you that there is more, much more to come of his death.

    Again Sarah, it’s making statements without support that I question highly, no matter who states it. It helps to be articulate as well. I do thank you however, for using paragraphs in your last post. Thank you and good night. (Or g’day. )

34. Denny Says:
    July 21st, 2009 at 7:17 am

    SARAH, I’m happy we still have people like you who try to understand the lives of others instead of condemn them. I guarantee you that MO and the others have nasty things they do that might have good reasons but since they are a DAMN nobody, it doesnt matter. Live a day as the worlds icon and see what happens when you have problems. Have you ever heard no one’s life can be perfect? Life always makes sure no one has it all and Mick was no exception. The bottom line HE GAVE THE WORLD SOMETHING NO ONE COULD DO,you his critics cant do half of what he did. He inspired me and I’ve been a crowd stunner since the day I learnt to apply his creativity. Love you SARAH,hate you MO. And PRETTY POISON,YOU LUCKY I CANT GRAB YOU FROM MY COMPUTER………

35. Mo Says:
    July 21st, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    Hey Denny~

    You are nothing but a hypocrite. You condemn others for condemning Michael but say no one has a right to condemn another. WTF?

    You have no idea what it is I do in my life to say it’s nasty. Do you have proof to support your statement? No, you don’t other than your childish rants.

    My “debate” with Sarah was her statements without facts to support them. Much like your post of anger. You don’t like what I or others have to say and say nasty things about us.

    Yes, Michael gave the world great entertainment. It doesn’t change the fact he was a drug addict, for whatever reason he took massive drugs. He was still a drug addict, now dead.

    Are you Sarah’s relative? She threatened with legal action and you’re threatening prettypois0n with bodily harm. Have at it. I’m sure your parents are proud of your behavior.

36. ocdillinger Says:
    July 22nd, 2009 at 2:32 am

    some of you guys in here should take the same med he did and die lol you talk about him like he was your personal friend he was a great artist but he was a junkie the cops found his stash but i do agree those doctors acted like common drug dealers and need to be put in jail and stop writing like you guys knew him in personal level. r.i.p to michael jackson the artist

37. Hilary Shepherd Says:
    July 22nd, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    Dear Readers,

    After reading the two most recent comments I was sent on this post (both of which I did not, and will not approve), I have made the executive decision to no longer approve comments that have little or nothing to do with the topic of this post.

    This post is about Michael Jackson’s lethal dependency on pain medication, and the mass amounts of drugs that were found in his home after he died. This post is not about whether or not MJ was in real pain, or how bad that pain was or wasn’t, or if any of us can ever really understand what he went through on a daily basis. This post is not about whether or not MJ was a caring and sensitive person, if he gave to charity, or if his kids were biologically his. And this post certainly is not about someone in Australia fighting with someone in the U.S. about things that really make no difference to anyone’s life but their own.

    The comments have become repetitive – just people yelling back and forth at each other trying to prove their individual points. I feel as though the “conversation” or “debate” has turned into a vicious circle of name calling and inappropriate outbursts; I’m tired of it, and I am putting an end to it.

    Now, if any of you have something to say that is ON TOPIC, then go right ahead and leave a comment, and I will share them. For the rest of you (and you know who you are), feel free to leave your comments, but I’ll be the only one reading them.

    I realize this may seem a bit hypocritical of me, seeing how I choose to spend my time gossiping, but at least when I gossip I stay on topic.

    I’m sorry if my decision offends you in any way, but it’s mine to make, and I am making it.

    -Hilary

38. JunkieMonkey Says:
    July 23rd, 2009 at 12:25 am

    I saw Jermaine Jackson on Headline News, saying “leave [Michael] alone,” stop making him out to be something he’s not. That he (Jermaine) never saw Michael in “abnormal behavior.” Undoubtedly, he is still grieving the loss of his brother. My condolences to him and the Jackson family.

    It is well known Michael Jackson was a great talent in the music/video industry. He was a perfectionist. Along with his God given talents, were also his demons – like drug dependency.

    The burn he suffered on his scalp must have been excruciatingly painful. He even went to rehab in Europe for his dependence on drugs for pain. Subsequently, he had other physical pains, whether due to falling down from a dance routine or cosmetic surgery. I can understand the need for medication to treat the symptoms, however the number of years AND amount of drugs Michael had obtained in names that were not his own (isn’t that fraud?) shows his dependency for them. If Jermaine or anyone else never saw Michael acting “abnormal” it leads me to think he was a functional junkie, just like we have many functional alcoholics around us.

    Also, it’s easy NOT to see what you don’t want to see. Or if one is too close to the subject, they can’t really see clearly. I don’t mean it in a derogatory manner but rather as factual, since it really does happen.

    I guess the point I’m trying to make is Michael wasn’t just a talented artist. He was also mortal and battled demons like anyone else. Unfortunately, his demons beat him in the end although I hope he’s found his peace.

    To speak only of his goodness (talent or generosity) without acknowledging his shortcomings (drugs or facial reconstruction) is inaccurate and misleading. Michael, talented and good as he was, was also a prescription drug junkie. Those who played a role in his death should be held accountable and responsible.

    junk⋅ie
    /ˈdʒʌŋki/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [juhng-kee] Show   IPA
    Use junkie in a Sentence
    –noun Informal.
    1. a drug addict, esp. one addicted to heroin.
    2. a person with an insatiable craving for something: a chocolate junkie.
    3. an enthusiastic follower; fan; devotee: a baseball junkie.
    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/junkie

39. Hilary Shepherd Says:
    July 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 am

    Dear Readers,

    As expected, I have received some backlash after I announced that I will no longer approve comments for this post that have nothing to do with the actual, original, topic.

    I stand by my decision.

    You can call my decision “lame” all you want, and say that I’ve “sat back and slammed” you; that I’m “taking sides” or that I’m “biased” and that I’m “not worth” your time (psst…if I’m not worth your time why do you keep coming back?).

    And you’re right, I could have edited out the “so called offensive parts” of the comments I said I wasn’t going to post, and posted them anyway, but I feel that would have only stoked the fire and fanned the flames. If I had done such an edit job, by the way, the comment would have gone from 836 words to 483 words – that’s about 350 words of offensive ranting; and that doesn’t include the 167 word tangent. Just sayin’.

    - Hilary

40. Krista Says:
    July 23rd, 2009 at 11:27 am

    Boy, I have an aching heart for Michael Jackson. I did not know him personally. Although, I could see so much pain and loneliness in his eyes.

    He was a man surrounded my millions who “loved him” yet he was the loneliest man on earth. It makes me so sad that he secluded himself as he did. The way he isolated himself and spend all of his time attempting to alleviate his pain. With respect to his drug dependence, whether due to continued use of meds for “pain management” or to fulfill a physical dependence created by the excessive use of meds for pain mgmt.(If anyone can follow that)

    I have a question. A scenario with a question at the end. (A true story)

    My step mother (May she rest in peace) she suffered from Terminal Cancer and she was in agony. I mean shear A G O N Y . She was on every pain med possible. She was on a strong IV drip. Delaudid I think. Plus a lot of Oxycontin and well, the medication names aren’t really the point here.. the point is that she was on seriously strong meds and she took them long enough that her body was literally dependent.

    She NEEDED the medication for both her pain and to avoid the harsh sickness of withdrawal. (When you are in the pain from cancer ravaging your body as it travels throughout your body, withdrawal sickness is not something that should have to contend with) A lot of terminally ill patients die dependent on their meds. Does that mean that they died junkies?

    Would people think my step mom was a junkie? She wasn’t a drug user outside of the cancer treatment. She was a well respected teacher of 32 yrs, very involved in theatre and dance. She was diagnosed, attempted treatment and suffered. Took loads of pain meds just so she could get out of her bed and even with all the meds she was still in so much pain. (It was so so sad and terrifying really.) She became dependent.

    So, a junkie?? I tend to say no. Not a junkie. Not even sure “addict” would apply here. As it is completely different.

    Physical dependence and addiction are two very distinct and DIFFERENT things. A certain degree of physical dependence is expected in all prolonged users of opiates. Physical dependence is when the body requires a certain amount of the drug to function comfortably. A certain degree of withdrawal symptoms MAY be present (but not always) if the use of the drug is stopped or “cut-back” in a dependent person. Physical dependence is simply the fact that a person will be very uncomfortable, and/or in more pain than normal, if the drug is taken away. However, this should NOT be confused with addiction.

    Addiction is the byproduct of drug ABUSE and MISUSE. It is rarely found in licit (legal) users who use opiates for medical reasons, but very commonly found in abusers, misusers, and recreational (”for fun or pleasure”) opiate users. Addiction means that one can NOT physically, mentally, and/or emotionally function without the drug. The addicted individual will exhibit an extreme set of withdrawal symptoms, and will be unable to behave logically and rationally without the drug.

    Sorry if this getting long..but getting back to the question. All of this boils down to this:

    If one would agree that my step mom was not a “junkie” but simply (or not simply) dependent on her pain medication. What is the difference between Michael Jackson’s severe dependence (I am SURE there are levels of dependence..like just being dependent or moderately dependent or severely dependent because there are numerous pain meds involved at a high quantity and although all are administered according to Dr’s orders, there is an immense dependence that stopping the meds whether weaning or cutting back is going to lead to a much more severe withdrawal) and my step mother’s dependence. Both were taking a lot of medication. Both were in pain. (I am sure that is an understatement) Albeit they died from different causes and that’s a fact, but at the end of the day, neither of them were out to get high. After all how could you enjoy a buzz while you’re in utter agony? I doubt it.

    All of this.. It’s just my opinion. I hope it can be respected. Although, I can appreciate questions and pointing out things I may have over looked. But I don’t know ..I mean.. Aside from Michael being a celeb..a high profile star. He was a man. A lonely man who loved and wanted to love and be loved back. Like any other person. He seemed to be way more sensitive than most.. but that is the way he was. He, like all of us, wanted to feel as though he mattered. I am sure he was constantly discovering how people were using him and deceiving him. It is tragic that he felt so alone. But it must have been hard to decipher who to trust and who was looking to cash-in in some way. Aside from his troubled childhood or lack thereof, he had inner demons that tormented him and frankly he was probably enjoying the numbing effects of these meds. As much as one can “enjoy” anything while you’re suffering. But they helped his pain..and it probably didn’t hurt that they happened to block out some of those feelings he didn’t want to feel. Like loneliness or sadness or being scared. We’ve all been there. But.. anyway..

    As for Michael.. I do wish for him, peace.

    May he rest in peace.

41. Hilary Shepherd Says:
    July 23rd, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    Krista,

    I’m sorry to hear your step-mother had to suffer the way she did, and I hope she has found solace where her soul now rests.

    Personally, I don’t think your step-mother was a junkie, and based on what you’ve told me, here’s why:

    1. She did not doctor shop
    2. She did not get prescriptions filled in other people’s names
    3. She did not keep large quantities of drugs that if mixed together could kill her, in her own home

    Michael Jackson did all of those things.

    Yes, there is an inevitable drug dependency that comes with the treatment of those suffering from cancer and other sources of extreme pain. However, there is also a manageable and safe way to administer said drug treatment. And it does not include doctor shopping and obtaining fraudulent prescriptions (famous or not, Michael Jackson still broke the law).

    When that line – albeit a fine line – is crossed, the patient is no longer dependent on the drugs, they are addicted to them.

42. Mo Says:
    July 23rd, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    I’d have to say Hilary made some great and valid points, with Michael doctor shopping, obtaining medications in others’ names for his own use and having such a large amount of drugs in his home. It fits the scenario of a junkie doing what they can to get their fix.

    I think the fine line, Krista, is between being physically dependent or addicted. Although there may be clinical differences, the end result is just the same; the need for the drug(s.) I’m sorry your mother experienced what she did. I hope she is in comfort now.

    I thought from your great post Kristan, the most telling line is: “…But they helped his pain..and it probably didn’t hurt that they happened to block out some of those feelings he didn’t want to feel. Like loneliness or sadness or being scared. We’ve all been there…”

    That sentiment supports my theory that Michael was avoiding psychological or emotional issues. He needed the drugs for pain management. With it came the happy byproduct of being able to escape from painful events in his life. Either way to me, Michael Jackson ended up being a functional junkie, although it started out innocently enough. RIP Michael.

43. john edwards Says:
    July 28th, 2009 at 9:12 am

    It seems to me Dr Farshcian was one of the docs who was trying to help and detox him. Do not trust TMZ, please look a little further look at pictures 3,23,28 and 30 at http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/michael_jackson_drug_pictures_2#4

44. ali farhat Says:
    August 16th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    hilary, have you seen sarah? i wouldn’t bother you with this, except it’s way past time for her meds. she also has my caps key that she won’t give back.

    thanks.

    ali

45. Hilary Shepherd Says:
    August 17th, 2009 at 11:08 am

    Hey Ali,

    Sarah got your message, below is her response.

    -Hilary

    HAVE YOU NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN HAVE A GO AT ME???

    I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO YOU AS IT IS A WASTE OF MY TIME..

    SO I SUGGEST THAT YOU GO ELSEWHERE IF YOU JUST WANT TO TALK CRAP…

46. Mo Says:
    August 17th, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    Now, in Sarah’s defense…(surprise!)

    I can’t say I miss her but I don’t think we should try to bring her out if we only want to “go at” her. Her posts were a bit bizarre to me, and I disagreed with most of them. I don’t want to have a “go at” her but I’m willing to challenge her or anyone’s post, if I feel the need to question it.

    It’s quite possible she and Michael worked together on a non-profit charitable organization. I just wish she’d stated it sooner than towards the end of her postings. She couldn’t provide proof, other than her words; no pictures, shared emails, links. Maybe she was trying to protect Michael’s privacy? She never said why she couldn’t or wouldn’t support her claims of knowing Michael personally since I don’t think she felt she had to. Just to take her word for it on a blog site on the World Wide Web.

    Anyway, I find it interesting the information learned of Michael Jackson’s death since Sarah (Miss CAPS from Down Under) last posted. The doctor shopping, raid of Dr. Murray’s home and offices, millions found/turned over… I’m almost curious to know what Sarah thinks of all that but she wasn’t a very nice debater. Oh well…it’s the WWW.

    Hope she’s well though.
    

47. Hilary Shepherd Says:
    August 19th, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    From Sarah:

    HI, SORRY FOR CAPS LOCK, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR YOU, IF YOU HAVE PERSONAL ITEMS WITH ANYONE, BE IT PHOTO’S OR LETTER’S AND ITS SOMETHING PRIVATE ,THEN IT IS MEANT TO BE KEPT SILENT.. PEOPLE ALWAYS TAKE THINGS AND BLOW IT UP AND I DID NOT THINK THAT THIS WAS APPROPRIATE. APART FROM TALKING TO DETECTIVE NELSON ROBBERY / HOMICIDE I HAVE NOT SAID ANYTHING ELSE TO ANYONE ELSE SO THAT THE CASE REMAINS CONTAINED, OF WHICH I CAN UNDERSTAND. SO FORGIVE ME IF YOU DO NOT LIKE MY MESSAGE BUT I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEE JUSTICE BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE.

    REGARDS

    SARAH

48. Mo Says:
    August 19th, 2009 at 11:36 pm

    Okie dokie Miss Sarah from Down Under.

    As far as seeing justice, that’s what this is about. The untimely and unnecessary death of Michael Jackson.

    I believe he was a junkie even if he didn’t start out that way. With all the drugs found since his death only affirms that, for me. I believe he is responsible for his actions just like I believe Dr. Conrad Murray is at the very least, culpable in Michael’s death. All remains to be seen if justice will triumph.

49. Hilary Shepherd Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 10:09 pm

    From Sarah:

    HI, IN PART I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT MY BEEF IS THAT WHEN MICHAEL GOT SICK, HIS DOCTOR DID NOT TREAT HIM ON THE STANDARD LINE OF DRUG’S E.G.: OXYCONTIN; VALIUM; THE DOCTOR WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE HEAVY DUTY, HOSPITAL ONLY DRUGS ON TOP OF THE STANDARD LINE OF TREATMENT DRUGS.

    THE DRUGS THAT THEY FOUND WERE ALL HOSPITAL ONLY DRUGS, WHICH TO ME ONLY ADDS TO THE PROOF THAT THE DOCTOR WANTED HIM ADDICTED SO THAT HE WOULD BE HOOKED AND IN NEED OF THE DOCTOR.

    YES WITH THE PAIN OF THIS ILLNESS, IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU SOMETHING AND FOR A PART OF TIME YOUR PAIN FREE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU WOULD BE WISHING THAT YOU COULD BE IN THAT STATE ALL THE TIME..

    AS AN EXAMPLE, I MYSELF HAD SURGERY TO ? CANCER, BUT AS I HAVE A FEAR OF NEEDLES, THEY GAVE ME GAS JUST BEFORE THE NEEDLE, AND FOR THAT VERY SHORT TIME, THERE WAS NO PAIN, NOW A FEW DAYS LATTER, I SIT HERE WISHING THAT I WAS BACK IN THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME, WITHOUT PAIN….

    THE THING IS, THAT THE DOCTOR GAVE HIM DRUGS THAT WERE HOSPITAL ONLY AND IF HE HAD NOT CROSSED THAT BORDER, THEN MICHAEL WOULD BE ALIVE.

    YOU CAN ONLY BECOME ADDICTED TO SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN OR HAD TAKEN, AND THE DRUGS THAT DID THE DAMAGE COULD ONLY HAVE BEEN OBTAINED VIA HIS DOCTOR..

    FOR PERSONAL REASONS I HAVE TO GO FOR NOW..

    SARAH

50. Mo Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 11:22 pm

    Hi SARAH~

    Assuming you did know Michael on a personal level– I agree with you that his doctors gave him drugs intended for hospital use only. I remember reading one doctor who was suggesting another drug that worked even better than the one he was already taking. The doctors, be it for notoriety or money, got Michael the drugs that in Michael’s mind (my belief he was an addict and was dealing with unresolved emotional/psychological issues) relieved him from discomfort. The doctors facilitated and provided the drugs.

    Michael, an adult, who sought relief from pain/illness, I believe, crossed over to the point of not so much dependence, but addiction. More drugs for more relief. Doctor shopping. Those were actions Michael chose for himself. His doctors, I hold negligent and responsible for continuing to give him drugs or more drugs.

    I wonder what it would have been had Michael sought psychological counseling or analysis? Had anyone in Michael’s circle suggested it to him?

    Sarah, did you ever talk to Michael about what it is you’ve posted above? If so, what was his response?

    Thanks.

51. Hilary Shepherd Says:
    August 22nd, 2009 at 11:14 am

    From Sarah. Not quite sure why she’s responding via email and not here, but at least the conversations are civilized now.

    HI MO,

    THANKS FOR YOUR LETTER…

    MICHAEL WAS KIND OF IN A JAM AS ALTHOUGH HIS FAMILY KNEW HE WAS ILL AND IN PAIN, TO THEM IT WAS A BLEMISH ON THE JACKSON NAME, THEY DID NOT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT..

    THAT WHY YOU NEVER REALLY SAW HIS FAMILY AROUND HIM VERY MUCH..

    I HAVE THE SAME ILLNESSES AS MICHAEL, AND ALTHOUGH I DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE ANETHISETIC DRUGS USED ON HIM.WE TALKED ALOT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON MEDICALLY. HOW LONG WE WOULD LIVE, OUR THRESH HOLD POINTS, AND EVEN AN EXIT STAGE. I CAN TELL YOU NOW, THAT MICHAEL WOULD HAVE HATED WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO HIM NOW…ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT GO BACK TO NEVERLAND AFTER THE COURT CRAP, HE WANTED TO BE UNDER HIS WISHING TREE AND HAVE IT RUN LIKE A THEME PARK (BUT MONEY WAS TO GO TO HIS CHARITIES) JUST LIKE PART OF HIS ESTATE WAS MEANT TO.

    IT WAS SO HARD FOR HIM, I CAN SIT IN BED AND DO NOTHING, AND ONLY WORK JOBS MY AGENT GETS ME THAT ARE MINIMAL, SHUT THE WORLD OUT AND NO ONE WOULD KNOW, BUT YOUR CULTURE IS JUST NOT THE SAME, HE HAD MEDIA AND A TOTAL CALL ON HIM, HE WAS DYING AND HE WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO TELL THEM TO LEAVE HIM ALONE.. FIRST OF ALL, HE IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT I HAVE MET THAT SO RESPECTS HIS FANS… HE LOVED THEM..NO MATTER THE PAIN, HE WOULD BE THERE FOR THEM. HE HAD HIS MANAGER WANTING HIM TO DO APPROX 150 SHOWS ACROSS USA, THEN THE 50 IN LONDON FOLLOWED BY A WORLD TOUR. HIS MANAGER AND DOCTOR KNEW THAT HE COULD NOT DO IT BUT WANTED HIM DRUGGED ENOUGH TO DO IT , I DON’T TAKE MUCH NOTICE OF NEWS AS IT IS MOSTLY CRAP, BUT HIS PREVIOUS DR STARTED HIM ON THE HEAVY DUTY STUFF, SO HE SHOULD BE ON TRIAL FOR CRIMES UNDER DEA AS WOULD ALL NURSES THAT WORKED THERE…

    THE FACT THAT HE WAS A MALE WOULD HAVE MADE IT WORSE, AS OUT OF 100% THAT GOT IT ,ONLY 5% WERE MALE

    I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT THIS MOMENT AS I TRY TO TYPE THIS TO YOU, IS LIKE KNIFES IN MY SPINE, ARMS, HEAD ETC

    IF YOU HAD ASKED ME THIS QUESTION 7 DAYS AGO, I WOULD HAVE SAID NO WAY TO GOING UNDER, BUT THEY HAD TO OP ON ME AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, PAIN STOPPED, AND ALTHOUGH I WOULD HAVE NEVER SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT BY GOD, TO GO BACK FOR JUST THAT MINUTE OF NO TIME, NO FEELING NO PAIN.

    I WILL HAVE TO FINISH THIS EMAIL TO YOU IN THE MORNING AS I PHYSICALLY CANT TYPE ANYMORE TONIGHT.

    NITE .

52. Mo Says:
    August 23rd, 2009 at 12:18 am

    Thanks for sharing, Sarah.

    How sad it is Michael was in such a tough spot. I think perhaps many addicts are. As for his family staying out of it, maybe they were trying the “tough love” approach and MICHAEL needed to want to ween himself off the drugs. I don’t know and I’m not trying to slam you or Michael with that statement. Just a question on my part and I’m not sure we’ll ever really know.

    I agree Michael was in a jam; having a love hate relationship with the media. They allowed him no privacy, yet he needed them to be relevant. Being in the business he was in, media is just a part of it. Though I don’t always approve of media tactics.

    When you say his previous doctor started him on the heavy duty stuff, are you referring to Arnie Klein? Regardless, I don’t trust him either.

    I’m sorry you’re ill and in pain. Hope all went well with your surgery. Take care of yourself, Sarah. And thanks for responding when you can.

53. sarah Says:
    August 23rd, 2009 at 1:15 am

    TO ALL ON HERE NO HARD FEELINGS, BUT GIVEN THAT HILLARY IS MAKING COMMENTS, THEN STATES ITS FROM ME, THEN I AM OUT.. TO HAVE SOMEONE MAKE A STATEMENT AND THEN CLAIM ITS MINE… EXAMPLE ALI 17 AUG, IS UNFAIR AND WRONG. IN REPLY TO A FEW THINGS THAT I HAD JUST READ, UP UNTIL NOW, I HONESTLY DID NOT KNOW WHAT A BLOG WAS. BUT AFTER READING SOME MORE TODAY, I NOW KNOW.. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WILL GET THRU DUE TO HILLARY’S AXE OF ANYTHING I SAY THAT SHE DOES NOT LIKE …I STILL HAVE HER MAIL STATING THAT SHE WOULD BE DOING THIS SO I CAN BACK IT UP. I AM OFFENDED AS THIS IS BIAS TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH AS WAS STATED WEEKS AGO. AND ITS ALSO A SHAME AS I HONESTLY HAD SOME GENUINE STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS TO ASK CONCERNING MICHAEL INCLUDING THE STATE OF WHAT HIS BODY WOULD BE BY NOW AND THAT SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT..BUT HILLARY HAS SHUT ME DOWN.. AND ONLY HAS COMMENTS FROM HER SAYING THEY ARE MINE. BYE GUYS

54. Mo Says:
    August 23rd, 2009 at 2:44 am

    Well…so much for civil conversation. Sarah, I had hoped we could continue discussing Michael but it seems you’ve gone off the deep end again.

    If you’ll notice a few posts back, Hilary explained that she would withhold your comments lashing out. It’s her site, she will man it as she sees fit. Freedom of Speech isn’t a card to speak ill of people.

    Bye Sarah. Hope your life isn’t as tumultuous as your posts on here.

55. Hilary Shepherd Says:
    August 24th, 2009 at 8:44 am

    From Sarah:

    HI MO,

    HOPE ALL IS WELL?

    HIS FAMILY WENT THAT WAY ALL DUE TO HIM OPENING UP OVER HIS CHILD HOOD..

    THE JACKSON FAMILY IN GENERAL EX MICHAEL / JERMAINE? , ARE NOT SO NICE, THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW AND THE COMMON MAN (AND THAT’S SAD GIVEN THAT THEY TOO WERE ONCE POOR AND ALMOST ON THE STREETS, IT WAS ONLY THE TALENT OF THE KIDS THAT GOT THEM ANYTHING,) AND ARE TO BE TREATED AS ROYALTY..

    THERE WERE FAMILY REASONS AS WELL AS MEDICAL THAT HE HAD SO MUCH COSMETIC SURGERY, 1ST WAS PART OF HIM WANTED TO LOOK LIKE HIS IDOL DIANA ROSS (NOT SURE IF THAT ONE IS SANE) BUT THE MAIN REASON WAS THAT AFTER HIS CHILDHOOD, HE WANTED TO CHANGE HIS LOOK, HE HAD BEEN TOLD HE LOOKED LIKE HIS DAD, HE HATED IT. SO BIT BY BIT HE HAD SO MUCH SURGERY THAT YOU WOULD NEVER THINK HE WAS A JACKSON. WITH HIS NOSE IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT IT CAUSED BREATHING PROBLEMS AND HE HAD TO HAVE OXYGEN WHEN SLEEPING, AND ON THE LAST LOT THEY HAD TO BRING HIM HOME ON AN I.V WITH ROUND CLOCK ANTIBIOTICS.THEY SHOULD HAVE FOUND OXYGEN TANKS, I.V POLE AND A MEDICAL TROLLEY IN THE HOUSE, ANTIBIOTICS (MILKY COLOR) AND DIABETIC NEEDLES, INSULIN (MILKY COLOR), ANTIHISTAMINE MEDS AS AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, CERTAIN DRUGS CAUSE A RASH, MY OXICONTINE DID THAT TO ME.. THEY ALSO SHOULD HAVE FOUND AMPOULES’ OF ADRENALINE. YOU OFTEN GET A REACTION TO SOME MEDS AND WHEN YOU GET ONE, YOU HAVE TO SELF INJECT ASAP OR YOU STOP BREATHING. XANAX , OXYCONTINE ETC, BASICALLY THE LIST I WROTE ON HERE THE VERY FIRST POST… AS YOU SAID THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD KNOW AND THE CORONER HAD ONLY JUST GOT HIM, NO RESULTS OUT..

    ANYWAY,

    MICHAEL SAW THE WORLD IN ANOTHER WAY, HE HAD FANS THAT GOT HIM TO THE TOP, AND HE RESPECTED THEM FOR GETTING HIM THERE!!
    I REMEMBER HIS 45TH BIRTHDAY, IT WAS PRACTICALLY OPEN HOUSE.. HE HAD SENT INVITATIONS TO FANS TO ATTEND, AND ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOT IN THE CROWD WITH THEM (HE WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUSHED) HE HAD A PLATFORM AND HE CAME IN AND OUT… HE WAS THERE FOR HIS FANS.

    AS FAR AS WEANING ANYONE OFF THEIR MEDICATION WITH THESE ILLNESSES, NOT AN OPTION. WHEN YOUR IN SUCH A STATE THAT IT HURTS YOUR FINGERS TO WRITE A MESSAGE, OR HURTS YOUR EYELIDS TO HOLD YOUR EYES OPEN, HURTS YOUR CHEST TO BREATH…A LIGHT STRING BRACELET IS TOO MUCH TO HAVE ON YOUR WRIST, YOU HAVE NO OPTION…., ITS SAD BUT ITS TRUE, EVERYDAY YOU WAKE UP, INSTEAD OF THINKING WHAT CAN I DO TODAY, ITS MORE LIKE O FCK ANOTHER DAY OF HELL.. SO UNFORTUNATE, ITS A NO GO…
    AS FAR AS THE OTHER DR YES I WAS REFERRING TO DR KLEIN ? (I THINK THAT WAS HIS NAME, BUT IT WAS AGES AGO), ALTHOUGH HIS COSMETIC SURGEON DID NOT HELP..

    WHAT I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND IS WHY WONT THEY LAY HIM TO REST…. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT…. HE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR 2 MONTHS??? EVEN WITH EMBALMING, THE STATE OF HIS BODY WOULD BE HORRID. HIS EYE’S WOULD HAVE LIQUEFIED, EXTERNAL FLESH WOULD HAVE ROTTED AND WITH ALL THAT, WHAT IS LEFT WOULD BE LAYING IN WHAT LOOKED LIKE A POOL OF DIRTY WATER… HOW COULD ANY MOTHER NOT LAY HER CHILD TO REST? SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG….

    ARE THEY KEEPING HIM LIKE THAT TO KEEP HIM IN THE NEWS SO THEY CAN PULL IN MORE MONEY OR WHAT?
    I LOST MY SON IN JAN THIS YR, HE WAS 26 AND PROUDLY BOASTED THAT HE WAS BORN IN THE USA…. HE WAS ARMY AND PROUD OF IT… HE HUNG HIMSELF AS HIS GIRL DID THE WRONG THING TO HIM… HE LEFT BEHIND A 5YR SON…. DUE TO THIS GIRL, I HAD NOT SEEN HIM IN 6 MONTHS, I ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT AS MY SISTER WAS HIGH UP IN POLICE FORCE.. EVEN IN DEATH, THIS GIRL CLAIMED HE HAD NO FAMILY AND GOT HIS BODY AND CREMATED HIM… BY THE TIME I FOUND OUT, I COULD NOT EVEN GET AN INTERVENTION TO BURIED MY OWN SON. IT IS UN-THINKABLE TO HAVE A LOVED-ONE DIE AND TO THEN PROLONG LAYING THEM TO REST.

    SO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH HIS FAMILY, ARE THEY MILKING IT OR ARE THEY JUST SICK?

    AND MO,

    I AM SORRY MO FOR YOU THINKING ME UNCIVILIZED ON MY LAST MESSAGE, BUT FAIR GO MATE, I DID NOT SHOOT OFF, I SIMPLY STATED IN A POLITE MANNER THAT IT IS WRONG FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, “THIS IS FROM SARAH” …….IT IS ONE THING TO SCREEN A MESSAGE AS IN PROOF READ IT THEN LET IT POST, BUT TO TAKE IT AND THEN HAVE IT APPEAR THAT IT HAS COME FROM HILLARY WITH HER SAYING “THIS IS WHAT SARAH SAID” BLOODY HELL, THAT IS JUST WAY TOO MUCH MATE….. SHE CAN MAKE OUT I HAVE SAID STUFF THAT I HAVE NOT SAID, AND I WOULD BE IN THE LINE OF FIRE WITH NO DEFENSE… CRIKEY…… I JUST CANT WIN CAN I. I HAD NOT BEEN TO THE SITE UNTIL A NOTICE IN MY MAIL ALERTED ME THAT THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON THE SITE AND IT HAD SAID “HAS ANYONE SEEN SARAH” I HAD STAYED AWAY AS EVERYTHING I TRIED TO SAY GOT SHOT DOWN, EDITED OR NOT POSTED AT ALL.AND ANYONE THAT MADE A COMMENT THAT APPEARED TO BACK ME UP, DID NOT GET THRU. BUT JUST ON 1 LITTLE SELF DEFENSE POST THAT I STATED OF WHICH WAS POLITE, BANG BANG BIG BAD ME?????????ALL BECAUSE WHEN I WAS READING POSTS, I NOTICED THAT MINE HAD BEEN DOWN UNDER HER NAME, MEANING THAT SHE COULD PUT IN ALL KINDS OF CRAP AND MAKE OUT ITS ME??? THANKS A LOT MATE

    SARAH

56. Hilary Shepherd Says:
    August 24th, 2009 at 8:47 am

    TO SARAH:

    Sarah, the reason I am putting “From Sarah” on your comments is because they are coming in as EMAILS not COMMENTS. In order for your comments to be seen by everyone I have to copy and paste them in.

    As I’m sure you can see I copy and paste your comments word for word. I would never put words into someone’s mouth.

    -Hilary

57. Mo Says:
    August 24th, 2009 at 6:27 pm

    Well hello, Sarah. I see you’re back. I look forward to a rational conversation with you.

    First of all, my last post to you was in regards to the post you made accusing Hilary of writing posts and crediting you for them. Saying you have an email where Hilary states she would block anything she didn’t like. I think that merits knowing the full context of what she said in her email but I don’t really care. I’ve read her site for as longs as she’s had it and have an idea of the site owner/moderator she is. You said good bye but came back a few days later to respond to my post. So please forgive me that I find that a bit uncivil or irrational (good bye, hello, good bye…)

    But I’m not here to talk about you, per se. I want to discuss Michael Jackson and his death, the doctors and extreme amount of drugs he obtained.

    I can understand Michael getting repercussions from his family after he spoke of the abuse he experienced in childhood. His father Joe Jackson, always dreamed of big or bigger things (in my opinion) more for himself than his family. Wouldn’t surprise me one bit if he was angry Michael spoke of his very strict or stringent upbringing and punishments he was given. Not the best publicity for the family.

    As for his cosmetic surgeries, I think it supports the theory I have that Michael’s pain was more than physical, but emotional as well. Whatever unresolved issues he had with his father, his lack of self esteem (not as an entertainer.) I think he was fighting his own demons that he didn’t know how to deal with it other than drugs and more drugs.

    I also mentioned Michale’s nose about how his father told him it was too big. Hence the ever changing noses. Not surprised it caused breathing problems. Sometimes my seeing it, gave me breathing problems. I truly hope he has found his peace, though he’s not been buried.

    Sarah, are you so sure a little bit of psychological sessions would not have helped Michael ease up on his drug abuse? It’s rare that any one of us would have “no options.” We always have a choice, though we don’t always like the alternative.

    As for his family not yet laying him to rest, I’m thinking it seems to be Joe Jackson that’s in the forefront of Michael’s burial. Perhaps Joe is looking to maximize (exploit) the event. More attention, more money since that is what papa Jackson seems to be about. I can’t prove that, but it’s the impression I have.

    The latest news of Michael’s death being ruled a homocide should prove to be interesting. Right now, Dr. Conrad Murray is a primary target, but I hope Dr. Arnie Klein is also held accountable and culpable. With his own mouth and words, he said he gave Michael drugs. All remains to be seen but I will keep an ear/eye out for the developing story.

    I’m sorry you lost your son. I’m also sorry you’re in pain. Do you have Reflux Sympathetic Dystrophy? I just hope you are as well as you can be.

    Till next time Sarah…
    (Try to send it to comments instead of Hilary’s email, okay?)

58. Mo Says:
    August 24th, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    I was reading up on the latest with Michael Jackson’s death and came across this. I thought Sarah might enjoy it (at least I hope she does.)

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31572801/ns/entertainment-picture_stories/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1&beginChapter=1&beginTab=1#

59. sarah Says:
    August 24th, 2009 at 11:42 pm

    TO MO, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR THE LINK, AND I SINCERLEY MEAN THAT….. THE 1987 PHOTO WAS LIKE ME LOOKING INTO A MIRROR, MY SKIN IS LIGHTER BUT GOD IT WAS SPOOKY… THANK YOU SO MUCH

60. Sammie Says:
    August 30th, 2009 at 9:53 am

    hi ppl im in sunny england, why do u ppl have 2 argue? no1 truly noes wot went on, sarah maybe u mite have wot he had but theres no need 2 argue with ppl just doin’ their job. u wna argue wiv sum1 argue wiv the docs that killed him.

    i couldnt believe it wen i heard michael had died on the news, he was my hero im only 20 but my whole life was based around him.

    i went to see him in concert in 94 it was his dangerous tour i fink i cnt remeber that far bck but it was the best moment in my life apart from having my daughter, sarah u may have felt sum pain but think about the rest of us that loved him…… we feel the pain 2 x x x x x

61. Miss Jan Says:
    August 31st, 2009 at 11:39 pm

    I blame the Jackson family and Michael himself for his death. You can not tell me the entire family didn’t know for years that Michael was a junkie. Whenever there’s a drug user in any family, somebody is going to get suspicious.

    Neither Katherine, Joe or any of his sisters and brothers never had a clue? I don’t buy it. Not one Jackson family member or friend stepped in and did an intervention for MJ. Plus, MJ was the sole parent of 3 young children. He had a moral responsiblity as a parent and yet he chose to get high every single night of the week. It’s sad and I hope it teaches all of us to not look to Hollywood for role models.

62. Mo Says:
    September 1st, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    Didn’t Janet Jackson try to do some intervention in 2003 or 4? I remember hearing about it in the news shortly after Michael died. Michael then cut off his family, including his mother from contacting him.

    Michael was an adult and yes, responsible for his three children. But what can anyone do to make someone stop (or start) something? He had the resources and means to do or get what he wanted. The choice was ultimately Michael’s and he died for it.

63. Mo Says:
    September 2nd, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    Well it seems Michael Jackson is FINALLY going to be buried. As the investigation into his death progresses, I hope he will finally find his peace.

    http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/409812_tvgif2.html

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