Michael Jackson

Arya Stark · 11-30-2010, 07:06 PM

See? There are people who are still disrespectful after someone passes, xEMGx.

Goblin Tears · 11-30-2010, 07:11 PM

Indeed Awwwsugar. If I recall correctly, a LOT of malicious jokes were spread around immediately after his death.

Mojo · 11-30-2010, 07:14 PM

So they should be. He should be treated the same as everyone else.

Arya Stark · 11-30-2010, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

So they should be. He should be treated the same as everyone else.

What?

Mojo · 11-30-2010, 07:16 PM

He shouldn't be exempt from people making jokes about him when he dies. Dead celebrity jokes are made about pretty much every celebrity ever.

Goblin Tears · 11-30-2010, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

So they should be. He should be treated the same as everyone else.

So they should not...them being made about other celebrites doesn't make it anymore acceptable. These awful jokes shouldn't be made about anyone. Granted, in my school years, I used to joke about MJ all the time. But I've learned my lesson...honest. I just pick on LaToya nowadays.

Anyway, you have to admit, artists involved in high profile scandals like MJ and Britney Spears are joked about and degraded more so than other celebrities because they are easy targets. I don't think its fair personally, especially since at their lowest moments, these were the people who needed positive media and social support more than anything. There have been more post humous jokes about MJ than...well, pretty much anyone. ell, perhaps Elvis, considering the situation of his death.

Mojo · 11-30-2010, 07:30 PM

If you're a celebrity, you need to be able to handle criticism that is gonna be far worse than people making jokes about you between themselves.

Very few things should be off limits when it comes to humour and making jokes in my opinion. We should be able to joke about everything or nothing at all.

Thats not to say that I DO make jokes about everything. I have limits. It's not really the principle of the matter though, it's situations where common sense prevails.

~~Dirty~~ · 11-30-2010, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Goblin Tears

So they should not...them being made about other celebrites doesn't make it anymore acceptable. These awful jokes shouldn't be made about anyone. Granted, in my school years, I used to joke about MJ all the time. But I've learned my lesson...honest. I just pick on LaToya nowadays.

Anyway, you have to admit, artists involved in high profile scandals like MJ and Britney Spears are joked about and degraded more so than other celebrities because they are easy targets. I don't think its fair personally, especially since at their lowest moments, these were the people who needed positive media and social support more than anything. There have been more post humous jokes about MJ than...well, pretty much anyone. ell, perhaps Elvis, considering the situation of his death.

When you put yourself in such stupid situations over and over again, and you keep making dumb decisions and ignoring common sense like MJ always did, then you are fair game for jokes or whatever. If you are the biggest pop star of all-time and you have little boys sleeping in your bed, then YES, people are going to make fun of you and make jokes.

Arya Stark · 11-30-2010, 07:33 PM

I just think it's rude to make fun of people after they pass, regardless of what they did.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 11-30-2010, 08:16 PM

Personally never got the appeal of Micheal Jackson. He can sing, he can dance, both are true. Can't stand his music, though. Think as a complete package Michael Jackson songs are incredibly boring, overproduced, and shallow. Completely void of incurring any emotional response from my brain.

As for making fun of him, might as well. People are oversensitive. Even if he wasn't a peado I think it'd be fair game. Black humor is always welcome, in my eyes.

Only think that pisses me off is the fact the public magically after spending years and years whining about him not going to jail, and treating him like a freak, switching their tune once he died, and idolizing him. That personally sickens me. If you idolized him, do it. If you didn't, don't. But don't switch your tone.

As for the jokes, they're stale. I started disliking Michael Jackson peadojokes years before he died because they were too freaking predictable, and overdone. Not that I don't think people have the right to make them anymore.

Joke about Leslie Nielson if you have to, stay ahead of the curb.

11-30-2010, 07:14 PM	#1053 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	So they should be. He should be treated the same as everyone else. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

11-30-2010, 07:16 PM	#1055 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	He shouldn't be exempt from people making jokes about him when he dies. Dead celebrity jokes are made about pretty much every celebrity ever. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

11-30-2010, 07:30 PM	#1057 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	If you're a celebrity, you need to be able to handle criticism that is gonna be far worse than people making jokes about you between themselves. Very few things should be off limits when it comes to humour and making jokes in my opinion. We should be able to joke about everything or nothing at all. Thats not to say that I DO make jokes about everything. I have limits. It's not really the principle of the matter though, it's situations where common sense prevails. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

11-30-2010, 07:11 PM	#1052 (permalink)
Goblin Tears Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ireland Posts: 337	Indeed Awwwsugar. If I recall correctly, a LOT of malicious jokes were spread around immediately after his death.

11-30-2010, 08:16 PM	#1060 (permalink)
Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra \/ GOD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Nowhere... Posts: 2,179	Personally never got the appeal of Micheal Jackson. He can sing, he can dance, both are true. Can't stand his music, though. Think as a complete package Michael Jackson songs are incredibly boring, overproduced, and shallow. Completely void of incurring any emotional response from my brain. As for making fun of him, might as well. People are oversensitive. Even if he wasn't a peado I think it'd be fair game. Black humor is always welcome, in my eyes. Only think that pisses me off is the fact the public magically after spending years and years whining about him not going to jail, and treating him like a freak, switching their tune once he died, and idolizing him. That personally sickens me. If you idolized him, do it. If you didn't, don't. But don't switch your tone. As for the jokes, they're stale. I started disliking Michael Jackson peadojokes years before he died because they were too freaking predictable, and overdone. Not that I don't think people have the right to make them anymore. Joke about Leslie Nielson if you have to, stay ahead of the curb.