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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I turn off MJ songs now.

But do you make sure you treat everything you consume as diligently?  Make sure the restaurants you eat at don't support causes you oppose?  Don't watch Woody allen or Roman Polanski movies?  Don't support any politician who does things that are morally reprehensibly per your value system?

I think it's a bit nuts to focus on MJ's purported offenses unless you are prepared to take the same hard line against everything tainted by evil in our society.  Crooked foreclosing banks?  The Catholic Church?  Heck, the Epsicopal and Jehovah's Witnesses have had sex scandals too....[/quote]

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good, is a useful adage here.  We all make informed choices where we can. This is a case where 1) the behavior is egregious/damage is profound and 2) the choice to avoid his music is easy to make and carry out, and it’s cost-free.

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Exactly.

When I know behavior has been egregious and I can avoid supporting such a person, I do. Why wouldn't I?
Same for climate change - I make an effort to avoid sending too much greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
I try to cut down on plastic, to avoid future global ingestion of microbeads.

I can't single-handedly save the planet, or avoid every single pedophile or abusive person's work, but I try to do what I can. If we all have that mindset, we'd be a lot better off!!!

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