How much do you no longer care about the "Jacko" trial?

[Radical Activist]

[ugarte]

1. I am interested only in what Michael Jackson might do if he's found guilty

I simply cannot conceive of him going to prison. Surely, he would skip the country, and then it would get interesting.

[Midnight Rambler]

2. I actually don't mind hearing about this stuff, but...

I don't think it should be the lead story on the news and in the papers. Let Court TV and E cover this trial. Let the tabloids cover it. If the networks feel like they absolutely have to say something about it, then they should put it in the little crawl and that's it.

...unless it's in the context of a discussion on some sort of legitimate topic, like if they were actually talking about pedophilia or the relationship between celebrities and media, stuff like that, or maybe on the off chance that a serious legal issue was raised.

[Radical Activist]

4. Exactly

This kind of stuff is all CNN covers anymore though. Man did that network ever go downhill.

[Zuni]

19. your sigline has a guy I'd like to see in the docket

I would definetly follow that trial

[tuvor]

3. Never cared in the first place.

Plenty of suspected child abusers in the world. The difference putting him in the "news" is that he's famous.

[Zuni]

18. one of the most popular entertainers in history

millions of people around the world own albums of his---that is what makes it news. It is not often that a man as rich and successful as him is accused of molesting boys several times.

[wtmusic]

5. As a followup: "What would have to happen in the Jacko trial

to make you even CONSIDER paying attention?" :shrug:

[Radical Activist]

7. If someone were suddenly raped by monkeys during the trial

THAT would be something! I'm not sure what the monkey thing is tonight, but I'm sticking with it.

[wtmusic]

8. I'd be down for that

I wouldn't care who it was...could be Jacko, the Culkin kid, or even Jay Leno

[Radical Activist]

9. especially jay leno

I would have to download the video from the net if it were Leno. That guy gets on my nerves sometimes. What about Monkeys and Streisand? Isn't she part of the trial?

[wtmusic]

22. okhowbout: monkeys gang-rape Culkin, Streisand goes medieval on Leno

with a strap on...that would get me through the first commercial break

[Radical Activist]

23. Save that on Tivo!

[Radical Activist]

6. hmm...I see we have a few fans of rough monkey love

Interesting.

[Jamison]

10. It's been dragging on too long.

I wonder what will take place first...the Jackson trial ending, or US troop pullout from Iraq?

[Placebo]

11. Okay, I was gang raped by monkeys when I was a kid...

that is nothing to joke about! :cry:

[Radical Activist]

12. hehe

Someone had to do it. :rofl:

[Placebo]

13. This is nothing to laugh about!

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

...

:rofl:

[JohnnyRingo]

14. Shouldn't a quick head count of the 21st century MJ fan club....

...tell the networks something?

Or was he chosen as a media whipping boy who can be assailed without fear of reprisal or backlash?

[Blue-Jay]

15. Or

Maybe he touches little kids in inappropriate ways.

[JohnnyRingo]

16. Indeed....That is a possibility

But I'm not sure it deserves 20 minutes on the hour of coverage.

I don't recall wayward Priests attracting such media attention.

Perhaps his "weirdness" makes him more entertaining for the water cooler crowd, therefore a popular choice of pedophile for network "news".

[Zuni]

17. or maybe it is the fact that he was one of the most successful

and popular and richest men of his generation. A man that has touched millions and millions of lives with his music, and quite possibly hundreds of little boys in their naughty parts.

[Swamp Rat]

20. We are already getting raped by a chimp.

So, I voted for "I don't give a fuck."

[jmcon007]

21. Oh, has the trial started already?