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Seems Chris needs to apply the filth filter to the subject line 
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True.
I must admit one of my thoughts was he doesn't have to worry about people exploiting him any more.
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And making jokes about him, and suing him, etc. If he doesn't have peace, at least he has escaped the derision.
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Well said. 
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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But a lot of plastic surgeons will go broke...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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now they can have a 2 for one offday jacson and her
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smcnulty2000 wrote: Let's not forget the folks who died who weren't famous.
5, sorry it's not more. ![Rose | [Rose]](/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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You don't have to say that every time, you know.
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I don't understand what is wrong with some people to make jokes about a dead man. He might have lived like a maniac, he might have been stupid, pedophile, but what the f***? HE'S GONE, OKAY?!
Nobody is perfect if we start digging into personal life. I think that I have not been "perfect" enough to make fun of other people's personal life, I've made some inexcusable mistakes (I'm sure we all have done such things), so I really wish people get a life.
Are we as good as him if compared professionally? Do I need to mention about his thriller album? Best selling ever, even after several years of its release?! The people who are making jokes about him, what great stuff have they achieved in their professional life?! Is it in comparison with MJ's success?
Just because someone is famous, does that mean "we all" can take a peek into his personal life and start making comments?! What ridiculous attitude...
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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Hey, I didn't start making jokes about Michael Jackson when he died, and I'm not going to stop because he died.
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: make jokes about a dead man.
Why not? What's the difference (and this isn't the beginning of a joke) between making a joke about someone alive and someone dead - maiunly the dead one won't get to hear the joke. I don't get the 'respect the dead' attitude - if you don't respect someone when they're alive, why change when they're dead?
Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: lived like a maniac, he might have been stupid, pedophile, but what the f***? HE'S GONE, OKAY?!
Yep - and with all that stuff going on, isn't he a great target for jokes?
Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: Nobody is perfect
Ahem!
Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: personally think that I have not been "perfect" enough to make fun of other people's persona life,
Trouble is, ain't nobody but the odd CP person going to laugh if I make a joke about you!
Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: Are we as good as him if compared professionally? Do I need to mention about his thriller album? Best selling ever, even after several years of its release?! The people who are making jokes about him, what great stuff have they achieved in their professional life?! Is it in comparison with MJ's success?
No! And why should it be? I can criticise, for example, a movie that I think is crap - I'm not saying that I could do better (though there are a few..) just that it's crap.
So I can criticise MJ if I want - so what if he had a best selling album - I can decide I don't like it if I want, surely?
Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: Just because someone is famous, does that mean "we all" can take a peek into his personal life and start making comments?! What ridiculous attitude...
Unfortunately, today the answer to your question is "Yes". Is it right that we can do this? Well, the people doing it are the press. They do it to make money, and they make money by selling the stories to us, the public.
A joke is a joke. It may be tasteless, it may be unfunny, and it may be hurtful - but it's a joke. Now I don't propose popping to a funeral and taking the piss out of the deceased (although I did get a laugh out of the attendents in at my Mother's funeral - and I like to think that would have made her laugh too!) but the fact that someone is knocking on the pearly gates shouldn't suddenly put them off limits
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(That's an 'M')
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_Maxxx_ wrote: What's the difference (and this isn't the beginning of a joke) between making a joke about someone alive and someone dead - maiunly the dead one won't get to hear the joke. I don't get the 'respect the dead' attitude - if you don't respect someone when they're alive, why change when they're dead?
Good point, but it's not about the "respect" or living/dead part, but making jokes about someone who is bygone, it shows how much "lifeless" those people are.
_Maxxx_ wrote: No! And why should it be? I can criticise, for example, a movie that I think is crap - I'm not saying that I could do better (though there are a few..) just that it's crap.
Pointless. Mocking at a crap movie cannot be compared to mocking a human being.
_Maxxx_ wrote: So I can criticise MJ if I want - so what if he had a best selling album - I can decide I don't like it if I want, surely?
Neither do I like or dislike his music, but with no regards to my liking, he has been a very successful "professional".
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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Like many people (especially the celebrity following sheep in the US) you're confusing being successful with being a good person. Jackson was certainly successful but he was also a child molesting wierdo - as for his music? Well, like ketchup and Big Macs, pleasant enough once in a while but still full of crap.
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Yeah whatever. I'm not a fan of MJ or anything like that. And I honestly am not going to mourn at his death. But I will neither make fun of it. My opinion would have remained the same, if he weren't a celebrity either. But hey, that's just my opinion.
I'm only wondering why people do not have anything better to do with their life than to mock at a corpse. You get my point?
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: I'm only wondering why people do not have anything better to do with their life than to mock at a corpse. You get my point?
Yeah, and don't forget about all the folks who have nothing better to do with their lives than defend a corpse - losers! 
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If it weren't clear enough, I'm defending my opinion. But I see this is a waste of time. I am not going to be notified of any replies to this post... 
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: I am not going to be notified of any replies to this post
Aww - got yourself all worked up there have you?
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_Maxxx_ wrote: Trouble is, ain't nobody but the odd CP person going to laugh if I make a joke about you!
Why are there three x's in your nom du clavier?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Because one and two 'x' s are commonly taken in various sites , so I stick to 3 where possible.
It was Maxxx
then I changed it for a joke - but couldn't change it back
I've changed it a couple of times since, and now have to have the two underscores too.
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(That's an 'M')
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: Nobody is perfect
Ummm, *I* am...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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Wake up you're dreaming again...
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