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Jeremy "UncleHoot" Praay wrote:
> I'm confused.
>
> In June of 2009, Michael Jackson was a complete joke. He was a pedophile
> who got away with it, and everyone "knew" it. All of his musical
> accomplishments were largely forgotten, or swept under the rug.
>
> Then he died.
>
> For the next 2 months, he was on TV every single day, often MTV or VH1, but
> nearly every day, someone was running a special about him on some channel.
> Someone put together a movie. You'd hear his songs being played in cars as
> they drove by. Suddenly, it was perfectly ok to like Michael Jackson again
> without being laughed at. Why?
>
> When OJ dies, are we suddenly going to celebrate his NFL accomplishments
> again? This all seems wrong. It would make more sense to either forgive
> the person while they are alive, or to continuing laughing at them after
> they die. This sort of switch seems very disengenuous to me.
>
>
Not really the thrust of your question, why was he LIKED again, but a
partial answer to why was he suddenly back in the media again, I heard
answered by a journalist. His explanation was that in the current state
of fractured media audiences, journalists immediately recognized that
Jackson's death represented one of the few remaining blockbuster stories
insofar as Jackson was a figure that everyone recognized across all
cultural factions. So any journalist that knew what they were doing
descended on the story even if they had to hold their nose doing it.
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:15:11 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>> It was no problem for me going grey. I started young with my first
>> silver hair at 13 so I’ve had a long time to get used to it. Actually
>> the only two problems are in the sun where my hair is little protection
>> and I suspect that it reflects in the UV. Good job I don’t mind bees. :)
>
> :-)
>
> I tend to stay out of the sun myself, always been pretty fair-skinned,
> and always prone to sunburn. Here at altitude, it's that much stronger,
> and even then not as bad as if I go up in the mountains to hike.
>
I’d like to say that I do too but it depends on the time of year,
really. In the summer I stay in the shade but during the winter and
spring sunlight is a magnet. Having worked in tropical climes I’ve
picked up the attitude that it is embarrassing to show signs of sunburn.
(I don’t want to be a red neck ;) )
--
Best Regards,
Stephen
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:38:27 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> I’d like to say that I do too but it depends on the time of year,
> really. In the summer I stay in the shade but during the winter and
> spring sunlight is a magnet. Having worked in tropical climes I’ve
> picked up the attitude that it is embarrassing to show signs of sunburn.
> (I don’t want to be a red neck ;) )
I know the feeling. Though for me, it used to be my ears that would get
really badly sunburnt.
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:38:27 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>> I’d like to say that I do too but it depends on the time of year,
>> really. In the summer I stay in the shade but during the winter and
>> spring sunlight is a magnet. Having worked in tropical climes I’ve
>> picked up the attitude that it is embarrassing to show signs of sunburn.
>> (I don’t want to be a red neck ;) )
>
> I know the feeling. Though for me, it used to be my ears that would get
> really badly sunburnt.
>
Sorry that was a historical joke as I believe it was the Jocks whose
necks went red in the American sun,
Another fact, the Fiery Cross is another Scottish thing. It origionaly
called the clans to a meeting. Don’t ya love it?
--
Best Regards,
Stephen
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On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:02:09 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> Sorry that was a historical joke as I believe it was the Jocks whose
> necks went red in the American sun,
Ah, now my wife would've probably caught that. :-)
> Another fact, the Fiery Cross is another Scottish thing. It origionaly
> called the clans to a meeting. Don’t ya love it?
Interesting....or am I missing another joke? ;-)
Jim
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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote in message
news:4b69ffe6$1@news.povray.org...
> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:02:09 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
> > Another fact, the Fiery Cross is another Scottish thing.
It origionaly
> > called the clans to a meeting. Don't ya love it?
> Interesting....or am I missing another joke? ;-)
KKK?
~db
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DungBeatle <dun### [at] moscowcom> wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:4b69ffe6$1@news.povray.org...
> > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:02:09 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> >
> > > Another fact, the Fiery Cross is another Scottish thing.
> It origionaly
> > > called the clans to a meeting. Don't ya love it?
> > Interesting....or am I missing another joke? ;-)
> KKK?
http://failblog.org/2008/08/19/supermarket-fail/
"So, how much for a 2-meters wooden cross?"
Yeah, only in Finland. (I honestly wonder why they haven't banned that
logo yet.)
--
- Warp
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"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
news:4b6a064f@news.povray.org...
> DungBeatle <dun### [at] moscowcom> wrote:
> > "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> > news:4b69ffe6$1@news.povray.org...
> > > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:02:09 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> > > > Another fact, the Fiery Cross is another Scottish
thing.
> > It origionaly
> > > > called the clans to a meeting. Don't ya love it?
> > > Interesting....or am I missing another joke? ;-)
> > KKK?
>
> http://failblog.org/2008/08/19/supermarket-fail/
>
> "So, how much for a 2-meters wooden cross?"
>
> Yeah, only in Finland. (I honestly wonder why they
haven't banned that
> logo yet.)--Warp
Heh, that's pretty funny! :)
~db
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Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Another fact, the Fiery Cross is another Scottish thing. It origionaly
>> called the clans to a meeting. Don’t ya love it?
>
> Interesting....or am I missing another joke? ;-)
>
No, unfortunately. The bed sheets are not ours, though.
--
Best Regards,
Stephen
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On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:22:40 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>>> Another fact, the Fiery Cross is another Scottish thing. It origionaly
>>> called the clans to a meeting. Don’t ya love it?
>>
>> Interesting....or am I missing another joke? ;-)
>>
>>
> No, unfortunately. The bed sheets are not ours, though.
Well, that's a good thing....
Jim
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