re: Approximately 150,000 people die every single day

I don't even cry when relatives die, much less MJ.  

Quoting Goobear:“ I can barely be moved to tears if I genuinely knew the person. Eh, that's jsut me, though. I make ... [snip!] ... nasty things are going to be like "oh, it's so sad!" And never say anything negative about him again because it's 'not right'”

The only thing that bothers me about this whole situation is not giving the family the privacy they've asked for, besides that, I dont mind jokes about dead people, I dont suddenly feel guilty for disliking someone who has passed. Its like once someone has died people seem to think that you shouldnt mention how horrible they were. My brother has a different dad than me. His dad passed away and he was the biggest deadbeat on the planet. My brother has a sister from that dad as well. She kept talking highly of him when he died and me and my brother had no shame in saying what a piece of crap he was. His sister was beyond shocked that we'd say something about her "beloved dad".
Whether MJ really touched kids or not...I'm not really sure. Havent really even sat down long enough to be closer to one edge of the spectrum or the other.

Quoting Barfy McVomitron:“ The only thing that bothers me about this whole situation is not giving the family the privacy they've ... [snip!] ... or not...I'm not really sure. Havent really even sat down long enough to be closer to one edge of the spectrum or the other.”

My boyfriend thinks he didn't. He just thinks he crossed some boundaries in comfortability for parents.


I have no problem with things like that as well. if my dad were to die, he wouldn't suddenly become a saint. he'd still be a POS dad. It doesn't suddenly change when they die.

Quoting God:“ I think some people feel like they're supposed to mourn, so they put on a display about how sad they ... [snip!] ... felt close for some reason, and so are feeling real, heartfelt grief, but I can't imagine that's the case for most people. C.”

I have to admit I did break down yesterday = ( It just brought me back to my fathers death  ....

Meh, I liked his music and all, but geez, some people are really getting weird about this. One of my coworkers keeps crying in her office.  I was actually a really big fan, but it's not like I knew the guy personally or anything, and neither did she. I'm more curious as to what's going to happen to his kids. It's got to be hard losing your father so young.

my dads best friend died yesterday... nothing on him either.  

My condolences to everyone who has lost someone close to them recently.

C.

Quoting Owen's Mommy  :“ my dads best friend died yesterday... nothing on him either.  ”

I'm sorry for your loss. 

Quoting Mimi*Geisha*:“ I'm sorry for your loss. ”

Thanks... it was very random. He's older, but I JUST asked his grandson like a month ago how he was and he said "he's great, healther than ever". he's very well known by my whole family, and my hometown. It's just sad.  

Quoting God:“ My condolences to everyone who has lost someone close to them recently. C.”

  thanks...

Quoting God:“ My condolences to everyone who has lost someone close to them recently. C.”

I co-sign this, though it probably doesn't mean much when you co-sign. Still, the sentiment remains.

Quoting God:“ Yes, every single day. Some of them are famous, most are not. It's all sad. If we had 1009840923 posts ... [snip!] ... any of us were close friends of most, if any of those 150,000 people, and especially not Farrah or Michael. So... yeah. C.”

Farrah had awesome hair.

Quoting [Tasha^Nika]:“ Farrah had awesome hair.”

Beautiful smile too!

Quoting Damian & Marlee:“ Beautiful smile too!”

I agree.

More on the OP.

I don't think it's at all hypocritical to feel bad about a celeb passing away, just depends how close the person was to the celeb at hand.

I'm a firm believer in the fact that it's possible to bond with a person without actually ever having contact with them. It's what you make them out to be in your head, role models, a person whose song strikes you and gets you through a bad day, a person whose role in a movie makes you laugh when you've been crying for hours, or a person whose books you've been reading over and over again and still love every single line as if you're reading the book for the first time. We bond with people for different reasons in different ways.

Mind you, I'm a very cold hearted person and yes I'm a fan of numerous musicians and actors but I doubt I'd cry over their death or feel the need to acknowledge the fact in any way such as making a tribute video or post, but
I don't think it's stupid to cry over someone's death even if you didn't know them, how we deal with our emotions is individual, I'm just not an emotional person so I'm not easily prone to tears.

What about all those articles we read about child abuse or molestation, the stunningly tragic ones that upset us and make us shed a tear. Or some poor unfortunate mother who miscarries or loses her child to SIDS, or just loses her child and tells her heartbreaking story - haven't we all at one point or another been struck in our tracks by that, and possibly even shed a tear?

I think what differentiates us human beings from animals is the fact that we are emotional, and it's no secret that there is no logic behind emotions.

I can see why someone would cry about MJ passing away, a fan who will never get to see him perform live, or hear new songs or see him on television, never get that autograph. Not hypocritical, in my opinion, it's only human.

Quoting God:“ Yes, every single day. Some of them are famous, most are not. It's all sad. If we had 1009840923 posts ... [snip!] ... any of us were close friends of most, if any of those 150,000 people, and especially not Farrah or Michael. So... yeah. C.”

That and let's face it, Farrah and Michael .. we all 'knew' them to an extent, they were very public people.

As much as I hate seeing an uncountable number of repetitions and tribute posts and the like .. I really don't think the hypothetical situation of posting every time one of those 150,000 people dies applies (rhyming not intended). So the MJ and Farrah posts will go on for what.. a week at most, even if there were about a hundred of them a day it's something we can all ignore and the forum wouldn't really come to a crashing halt or anything, it's just annoying.