On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:49:51 -0500, Mueen Nawaz wrote:

> On 06/28/09 13:38, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> 	It isn't, however, illegal. And I suspect it's not even
>> "universally"
>>> inappropriate (in terms of all of humanity).
>>
>> Um, some of the things he was accused of are in fact illegal.  That's
>> why he went to court.
> 
> 	I know - I was, however, referring to what we *know* rather than 
what
> he's been accused of.

What I know is what was in the few reports that I read.

>> Well, you're entitled to do that.  I would deem those parents
>> irresponsible at least to just think that it's OK to let their kids
>> sleep over with him because he's a star.  It's naive to think that the
>> stage
> 
> 	Well, I think anyone who thinks it's OK to let their kids sleep 
over
> anyone's house merely due to stardom is irresponsible to an extent (not
> enough for the law, though).

Exactly.

> 	But was that the case? The parents had not spent time with MJ?

According to the reports I had read, no, they hadn't spent time enough to 
know how he'd behave.  They were wowed by the "star factor" and that he 
wanted to spend time with their kid.

>> Those who were willing to let their kids stay with him when they didn't
>> know about him as a *person* might just as well have left their kids
>> with some other stranger.  Just because someone is famous doesn't mean
>> that
> 
> 	Do you know that the parents didn't know him personally?

According to the reports that I read, they didn't.

Jim

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