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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because it brings back happy memories spanning three decades for me. Many people felt to know him when he was an adorable child, then an otherworldly-talented man. When you saw the Moonwalk for the first time, it was really like...no one else on Earth could do that, not that way.

Then all the craziness and eccentricity, I think people chalked up (understandably) to the overwhelming pressures of fame and fortune. People could also identify with a poor and unstable and abusive childhood.

And then...there was no guilty in a court of law. So people felt like there was doubt, even though I don't think there is any doubt that he harmed at least two children, and probably more. But people felt like because there was no concrete gavel going down, no sentence served, maybe there was some gray area.

And then again...the tragedy of bankruptcy and drugs, which many people can relate to. So it felt like a loss and a horrible one when he died.

I don't actively listen to it, but when I hear it, his music and his voice usually make me happy. [/quote]

Same. I think I am in denial, tbh. I grew up in a different country. His music spAnned borders, sparked joy. It still does. I am in a dilemma because somewhere I am sympathetic to him, as it relates to his abusive childhood. [/quote]

His abusive childhood doesn't justify what he did to those boys. Other people have had abusive childhoods and really tough lives in other ways and they didn't engage in child abuse.

Lots of other music sparks joy around the world -- listen to that instead. [/quote]

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