Skip this if you're not in the mood for a rant.
So that movie "My Sister's Keeper" is out and I have no interest in seeing it. I did, however, have high interest in reading reviews because the premise is so bizarre. Apparently, it's based on the Jodi Picoult novel of the same name about a couple that produces a child to harvest blood and organs for an ill older child. It's a horrifying concept and I kept wondering who would be sick enough to do that, and what doctor would allow a child to be subjected to such torture?
And then, Michael Jackson up and died.
The connection, of course, is very clear: Michael was that kid being picked clean. I've always felt bad for the guy. All signs point to his guilt in the child molestation case, but who knows what really went on? All we know is that he was an incredibly tragic figure. What kind of abuse could cause a person to be so filled with self-loathing that he would destroy his face? And what kind of parents would so pimp out a kid for their own profit at such a young age? Michael never stood a chance in that family and in our culture. He, Anna Nicole Smith, Lindsey Lohan - they're all the same. The people closest to them didn't give a shit about them as long as the money kept coming in. The saddest part of all is that no one did a damn thing to stop any of it. We watched Anna Nicole's E! reality show and it was clear that the woman was doped up out of her mind 90% of the time. Why didn't anyone step in to help her? Michael had been wasting away for years, and yet some investors swooped in to arrange concerts in London to squeeze what little there was left of him.
I feel guilty watching any of this. Our society is so selfish and greedy that lives mean nothing. We can all speculate on what actually killed Michael, but in fact we did. Our society killed him. We're all guilty.
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