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Michael Jackson Died, Guys
Yunior:
I don't think anyone is dismissing what is going on in Iran; I'm certainly not. But the protests have been going on for sometime, whereas this death (again, of a cultural icon who is so, so recognizable) just happened, yesterday - it is obvious front-page news.
I'm not really endorsing how the media is, in practice, covering his death. It's definitely overdone, and kind of vacillating between canonizing and gaudy. I am also not saying I give more of a shit about MJ than I do about Iran. (And wow, dudes, I'm finding it so incredibly easy to ignore the MJ story online and scroll down to the Iran one!) I just think it is unnecessarily pontifical to be all, blah blah blah why don't you guys care about things going on in the real world.
Patrick:
Yeah, that's fair. I swear to god though, if in 3 days the name "Michael Jackson" still appears in 8 of the 10 most-read articles on every news site ever, I'm gonna cut a bitch.
nobo:
--- Quote from: Dazed on 26 Jun 2009, 19:20 ---the amount of attention the media is giving his death is goddamn ridiculous.
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I actually don't have cable, I only have been noticing what foxnews, msnbc, cnn, reuters, and bbc have been putting up on their websites. I can't imagine what sorts of tributes/coverages are going on in TV land. So I'm going to go ahead and retract my argument and concede
BrittanyMarie:
I'm not gonna say anything regarding What Is Important or whatever the argument is, but I thought this was the more appropriate thread for both Michael Jackson was ridiculously talented oh my god and also hey look, here is probably his most famous performance [it is the one where he debuted the moonwalk!].
Liz had on Thriller the other day (okay I think it just came on) when we were playing board games at her place the other day and it was pretty awesome, also doing Thriller with a buncha zombies in a bar is excellent. Thank you MJ for helping with my Fun Times!
phooey:
I think I would enjoy reading a historiography of the board written by you, Tommy. I really mean that.
--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 26 Jun 2009, 22:17 ---An apology to this young lady who although unknown to you played an early but crucial role
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She is like an undercover, controversial character in the inception of a band of freedom fighters. I could read anything written in this style, but it seems like you could be the Herodotus of the boards.
Minus the men with faces for tits and giant ants and stuff.
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