Why is the World in Mourning?  

Thank god somebody laughed! I thought for sure I was going to end up crucified for my bad taste. lol

LOL. Doesn't take long for the jokes to get underway Cyn. I don't feel bereft. I didn't when Lady Di died either. I do wonder if sometimes the western world has life so easy that we elevate celebrities to levels that they really don't belong in.

roflmao
I just opened an e-mail I received a couple of days ago. It said "Black is in" and had pictures of Obama, Oprah, Tiger Woods, etc. Punchline was "Michael Jackson must be kicking himself."

Uhm...er....I started yesterday...so how bad I am. I thought he died of plastic poisoning..........;runs;

I feel so at home with this group. LoL

Ugh. Those "jokes" are going around everywhere...it's disgusting.

i have had 3 texts about him already and 2 of them were pretty sick but one was funny and not in bad taste, it doesn't take long before the jokes start to circulate about a dead celebrity, this happened with princess Di too, but her jokes were terribly distasteful, ok so michael is dead, but his music will live on, the jokes will stop once people get fed up with them, then the next celeb will die and then the jokes start again, it's just like that.

I'll join the party

"In preperation for his up and coming tour, Michael Jackson was in the process of developing a new killer dance move. Well, looks like he finished it."

WITH THE PUBLIC DEMAND FOR ANSWERS, THE CORNERS OFFICE HAS RELUCTANTLY AGREED TO PREFORM AN AUTOPSY ON MR.JACKSON, SOURCES REPORT THAT EXPERTS WILL BE CALLED IN FROM MATTEL, AND HASBRO.

McDonald’s are bringing out the Michael Jackson tribute burger. 50 year old meat between two 7 year old buns

Jockeys at tomorrows race meeting will wear black armbands out of respect for Michael Jackson who successfully rode more 3 yr olds than anyone in living memory



This one is kind afunny, if you understand it
"Well, his ticker done stopped. No more was he. Went in his sleep, I'm sure. Apart from the weirdness, the brilliance of he was what he gave to the world for the dance floor. Surely, we'll miss him. Indeed we shall do. for an icon of life was he. as his passing from here reminds us all, cruelly... of our own certain mortality. "

lol@ dawn and irish, now they are funny.
Tatty I agree with you here hon, some of the jokes are in bad taste IMO

lols...I thought the melted plastics will be materials to make barbie dolls since he basically became such a barbie-look.

In anycase, if not for his music maybe the world would never know him. But beat it guys and whether we like it or not he's famous anyway.

Tackiness alert:

Farah Fawcet died and went to Heaven...
God said, "you have been so brave and such an inspiration to others during your illness, a true Angel on Earth, i will give you anything you ask."
Farah thought a moment and said, " i want all the children on Earth to be safe."
so God killed Michael Jackson.

That's it. Idolatry. We build these people to be something that they're not. Superhuman.

I definitely agree with your last point there Alice. People's fascination and worship of performers etc was undoubtedly far more reserved in the days of Beethoven and Handel.

Good response Alice. People are much less realistic these days and as you say; irrational.

Exactly what happened. I liked his music and dancing too. Even I was a little sad, a tear exactly one skipped my eyes but that was it, I got over it. Its no way to respect a celebrity, esp someone who beleives in living life king size.MJ did. Frankly if I became a celebrity and died, i'd want people to mourn me less and spend time finding jokes about me. I might make some of my own jokes about me on my blog

James: reserved yes, without a doubt they were polite and dignified... in public! but behind closed doors.. as they say here in Scotland aww frills and nae knickers.

Thanx Pikey, it's almost mass hysteria with the loss of famous people, one will cry because they see another cry and they think it's the right thing to do.

@ arkansos:
yes, I agree I would like to see some fun after my death, a few jokes sure, but not enough to go OTT, causing disrespect. I plan to have a drink on my my mother's coffin... she suggested it! We have to celebrate that life goes on too.

I think that in the west we have constructed a celebrity culture where we believe that in order to "succeed" we need to be famous (and wealthy). Achievers are shoved into our faces daily to reinforce the fact. Obviously when one of these people does something as human as die we can't quite grasp it and hence the public outpourings of grief that we are seeing today. Good point about Beethoven and Handel. Of course they didn't have the media/communications packages that today's artists enjoy.

A very troubled man indeed James. He was an introvert too, according to one of his close friends and I believe most of this was caused through lack of a normal childhood. Don't you think he was trying to make himself look like his sister Latoya? There was a big bust up between her and the father if my memory serves me well.

The entire family has had their share of ups and downs that's for sure! Such is the price you pay for always being in the spotlight I guess because all families have issues of some kind or another. I read an article yesterday that was saying that MJ's constant plastic surgery had a lot to do with his desire to look as little like his abusive Father as possible. LaToya is bizarre in her own right too and I've seen some very odd behaviour from her in interviews before. I wonder how the family will fare in the public eye now that their most well known member has passed on? After the hype surrounding MJ's death settles a little, this may actually be the first time they ever get the chance to have some anonymity? Time will tell.

Get over him. He just was not that important and didn't do anything to significantly improve the lot of mankind. Good point. I don't blame him, but just how did he manage to be elevated to a God? You are right. I don't remember a river of tears when Christian Barnard (first heart transplant surgeon) died. Yet he undoubtedly made significantly greater impact on the future of mankind than most celebrities.

Mourn his passing by all means. What I don't understand is how people go from being saddened by his death to hysteria.

Yip! I'm with you.

I agree here too dawn, especially what's going on with Iraq. IMO it's a sign of the times.

True about FF. It's the hysteria that I don't understand.

Thank you. I am sorry that he died. But respecting his talent seems insufficient to me to explain the weeping and wailing that we are seeing.

Well different people are attached to different celebrities. Apparently, a lot of people have a stronger feeling towards Michael Jackson, than they have for other celebrities. That must be why they are in mourning. Just because his passing doesn't make me and you sad enough to actually cry, other people's degree of sadness differs.

I can understand what you are saying there sand, but I think the thing that gets to me is all the media attention. He is not the only talent that has passed on recently. So why wouldn't there be the same media attention for the other? I guess I look at things differently.

very true sandeep, it's everyone's perogative to grieve in their own way, although I think most of it is crocodile tears.

Well kprofgames, i think all this media attention is because of the scandals and controversies surrounding Michael Jackson's life. As we know, the common public loves scandals. So i guess that is why the media is giving so much attention to Michael Jackson's death. The media has become very commercial and wants to show the public what the public wants to see. I'm not very good at expressing what I'm trying to say, but I hope you get the point I'm trying to make. :P

Cheers.
Happy MyLotting.
=D

Aliceinwebland, I completely agree with you when you say that most people are shedding crocodile tears.