I suppose I can hardly let the death of Michael Jackson go unremarked, even though I was never a fan.
As I said on
Facebook yesterday: He was talented, he was flawed, he's dead. Now let's move on instead of having this wall to wall coverage on TV.
Even on the BBC news last night I heard a reporter say that he was the most photographed person in the world. I don't think that's true as I believe that Princess Diana was the most photographed. In fact this whole sorry saga reminds me of the time when she died. It's just the same outpouring of grief around the world, the leaving of flowers at mini shrines, the news dominated by nothing but this story.
Jackson was an entertainer, a good one yes, but he doesn't match up to Princess Di. However, in that vein, I'm not surprised to see that the conspiracy theories surrounding his death began just a few hours after he died. It's always the same with famous people. They die unexpectedly and the conspiracies start. But that's not to say that I'm not a follower of the one about Di as I'm one of those who don't think her death was just a car accident.
However, there are other, more important stories in the world, e.g. what's going on in Iran where the Religious Leader has now said that all the protesters should be executed.
People die every day in the most horrible circumstances, such as famine, war, earthquakes. Most of them are poor and it seems that they don't merit the attention given to the famous people who pass on. What a shame, and what a sad comment on modern society.
