From a spiritual standpoint, if someone is haunted by those types of thoughts which would make one want to have such extreme plastic surgery,etc., then it just shows MJ was a tormented soul.

As for his love of children, I really don't see much wrong with that. What I perceive is that MJ never really had his own childhood, and so had a connection with kids. From what I've read or heard, the pedophile rumors were simply rumors meant to sell newspapers and magazines.

For those of you who feel MJ to be a "freak," let me tell you a little story. I remember being on a plane flying back from the Caribbean. A girl seated behind me was speaking as if she were mentally retarded. The people seated next to me were laughing at her and poking fun. I was even guilty of laughing myself.

Then, we heard the girl explaining to someone next to her that she was deaf. Thus the reason behind the strange speech pattern. She further explained that her husband had just died and that she went out to sea to say good-bye and to throw their wedding rings into the water. How did I feel after that? Ashamed at myself.

It is the lack of understanding which prods us to call others "freaks" in lieu of compassion. We don't know the back story behind what MJ lived through. We only know what we saw in the tainted slants of the vicious media.

Blessings,
Heidi

"And, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." Paul McCartney