Re: Michael Jackson
[quote=GrantT]I don't reckon he's guilty. I think he's an [i]exceptionally[/i] easy target and I've watched hour after hour of the recreation court proceedings. (Yeah, yeah.. I know.)
The whole thing stinks of a lynching. There's no doubt at all that he's a total freakjob - but that's not illegal. He's probably done some things that, by any normal measure, are not socially acceptable to us - but that's not illegal.
What [i]is[/i] illegal are molestations, and there's absolutely fuck all credible [u]evidence[/u] that anything actually [i]illegal[/i] happened. Just, as deepdark says, a lot of questionable heresay from people who have either already benefited, or have vested future interests in seeing him prosecuted.
It's a complete circus, makes for great television and allows people to go down the road where they comfortable believing their preconceaved impressions. That's what this is currently - a matter of believing witnesses who, I think, are either not credible themselves or biased.
"Reasonable doubt"? You better believe it.
And you would typically expect at this point in the preceedings that you'd have a major swing towards the prosecution - but that's not happening. People are roughly half/half if that.. and now the defense is going to start.
Personally unless there's something amazing just waiting to be released, I'm not buying it. Easy target, with built-in motivations, totally whacked "witnesses", constant heresay and - let's be realistic - someone who actually has done more than just about anything on the planet for improving children's lives the world over. I hope he is acquitted.[/quote]
it's hilarious because every freakin person in this trial has credibility issues. he's a freak but everybody else that the prosecution sends up has issues too.