Michael Jackson Approaches 50 - Page 3
Three children walk ahead - two boys and a girl. All seem happy and look adorable in colourful clothing. Their baseball caps do not seem a deliberate attempt to shield their faces.
'Slow down,' the man commands in a hoarse whisper, but the children ignore him and quickly cross the street to stand in front of a bookshop.
When the man in the wheelchair finally catches up, one of the children dutifully holds the door open as he is wheeled inside.
'Thank you,' he mutters weakly. All seems calm, but then - just as the children are about to follow the man into the shop - a stranger approaches the smallest of them.
'Was that…?' she begins to ask. The boy is about to answer, when a large man steps between them.
'No. That was not,' he says, taking the boy by the hand and rushing him inside. But, just before the door swings closed, the young boy turns to his inquisitor, smiles broadly and mouths just two words: Michael Jackson.
Yes, his father was horrible to him, and I'm sure that has a lot to do with the man Michael became...however, we are all responsible for our own actions, regardless of upbringing. That is something Michael just cannot accept. He's spent his whole life blaming everyone else and trying to escape, instead of stepping up and taking responsibility for himself. At some point there was a place where two roads diverged, and Michael chose the wrong one to follow.
So while I realize that Michael Jackson has to pay for the decisions he has made in his life, I can't help but wonder just how much of this is the result of being pushed too far, too young. And here is the result.
Michael Jackson, Dina Lohan, Denise Richards, Kardassian family, anyone out there with children who are in the public eye...are you paying attention? When you whore out your children to the john of fame and fortune, this is often the cost you barter...because in this business, it isn't the johns who hand over money to screw you out of your childhood. It's the children who end up paying the price.
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