Originally posted by Sus

Putting people out for a public spectacle on TV is not only cruel and heartless (as if their predicament wasn't already great enough!) - it is downright medieval. We should all be more civilized than that!

I never believed that he would be - what's it called? - sentenced? And why? Simply because the story of his life is the very epitome of the "American Dream". Shutting MJ down would be like throwing mud into the very heart of every american.
I am just glad the entire circus is over. If we could only get the media to realize that. How many weeks will they discus what should/shouldn't have been done. They over kill every thing.

If he had been sentenced it wouldn't have bothered me one way or the other. This is one American who does not equate the American Dream with MJ. His life seems more like the American Nightmare to me.

At the very least, I hope this fightens him so much he gets the help he needs. Lots of people have rotten childhoods and bad things happen to them. They don't go all wacko!