Pretty Young Thing

i'm not here to make comment on Michael Jackson's innocence or guilt; that's for the court to determine... but if nothing else, he has made bad choices with whom to spend his time for someone in such a high profile...

But i will say that this society has nearly sanctioned his bad choices. Just pick up a copy of a magazine from my youth such as "Teen Beat" or "Tiger" or anything else similar that encourages our youngsters to lust after their elders... i remember in my day lusting after the ever-so-dreamy Adam Ant and John Taylor of Duran Duran... these men were both WELL over a decade my senior while i was in high school (and therefore VERY illegal) but no one thinks twice about a highschool teeny-bopper wanting to throw themselves at such hotties... until, of course, it actually HAPPENS... and then of course was my first crush, Lynda Carter, when i was only five years old. Of course, at five years old i didn't understand why thinking of her naked made me fell "funny", but i KNEW that i wanted to be near her the next time that she WAS naked...

is it normal for youth to lust after "elders"? Of course. they have power, authority, money...later curfues....

maybe before we pass too harsh a judgement on Michael, we should take a look at the mixed messages that we are sending our underage kids, which seems to be "lust but don't touch, unless their promises to be a large settlement."