Thursday, July 09, 2009

Michael Jackson RIP. That means Rest In Peace. So shut it.

It is still a subject of interest in the media. I know dozens of people who didn’t give a toss about his death when they first heard about it, and a couple who got a bit upset for a few hours and then moved on with their lives. I know many, many more people who helpfully circulated the tasteless jokes that show just how little most living people thought of the man, sadly.

All that in mind, can anyone reading this who is convinced people gave a crap about the whiny fella please – PLEASE – stop watching the documentaries about his life, and put a temporary halt on buying MP3 tracks from his horrendously extensive back catalogue. This may ensure your survival in when out in public. Hopefully this will help send a message to the media that some of us are near breaking point and may need to create some quite disgraceful public displays of shouting and excrement throwing until we go back to discussing matters which will hold some importance to how we all live our lives.

Someone I had not seen in almost 15 years has been thanking former school friends for leaving messages of support for her on facebook, following the death of her husband. She will be bringing up their children, facing a future without the love of her life by their side. I am sure she feels great to have the media insist she should be thinking of the Jackson family at this time (we all are – at least, that is what we are being told).

NOTE – I have not quite recovered from the news of the death of Mollie Sugden yet, several days on. If anyone shares this rather daft pain, feel free to let me know. We can discuss this without inflicting the topic on the millions of people who shouldn’t give a flying f*ck. Thanks.

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