Are you going to watch/record for later viewing the Michael Jackson memorial service?

[skittles_of_SDC 0]

Plan to watch it or if you will be at work, record it? It's gonna be blowing up a lot of stations. ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC and E! Entertainment are all confirmed to be carrying it. This obsession with MJ is ridiculous. Hopefully all this media coverage will be buried with his body.

[IMALSUTIGERFAN 0]

HELL NO!!! I am one of those people who do not understand the fascination people have with "so called stars".

[skydiverbry 0]

Not gonna happen here!!

Bry

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[MikeJD 0]

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This obsession with celebrity is ridiculous.

Fixed it for you.
I won't be watching - I find this sort of thing depressing. The 'public outpouring of grief' at the death of Princess Diana was one of the most disturbing media events I've ever seen - it makes me worried for our collective sanity. I guess there'll be similar scenes at Jackson's memorial service, and if I was watching I'd probably have to yell at the TV.

Edited to add: if everyone who's gone out and bought his albums in the last few days (HMV reported an 80-fold increase in sales) had done so while he was still alive, maybe he'd have been under a little less stress!

[skydiver30960 0]

At best, the man was a twitchy, weird megamillionaire who didn't know what to do with his money.

At worst, the man was a known pedophile who used his megamillions to get a away with it.

I do not think I could possibly care less that he's been swept off the face of this Earth.

Elvisio "too harsh?" Rodriguez

[piisfish 140]

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Plan to watch it or if you will be at work, record it?

no, because :
-I don't have a TV
-I don't really care
-I have other things to do

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[skybytch 273]

No. Instead, I'll be going to a memorial service for someone who actually knew my name.

[rwieder 0]

You know me, got the ticket, will be front row and center. OR Freaking NOT!!

No way in hell do i want to see the p*rv planted. Dude was wierd.

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[LuckyMcSwervy 0]

I've hardly turned on my television since all of the celebrities decided to collectively roll 7s the last couple of weeks.

I can't take all of the insane coverage...

Always be kinder than you feel.

[riddler 0]

Don't watch TV, don't care that much about celebrities, and don't really listen to MJ. Why are all the radio stations playing his songs? It's tempting to say because he died, but I really think they were scheduled play from months ago to hype his world tour.

He was a talented musician, but personally, I can't separate hearing the songs and his fondling of small children. Same with Metallica, I used to like them, but after the RIAA thing, their tunes make me nauseous. The funny thing is that MJ never confessed to pedophilia, so no one can say for sure that he did - it's just an assumption I made, and now I can't stand to listen to the music.

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[JohnRich 4]

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Hopefully all this media coverage will be buried with his body.

No, they'll turn his Neverland home into a memorial shrine, just like Elvis' Graceland home in Memphis.

[jverley 1]

18,000 screaming, stupid fans of the pervert all in one place. Where's a natural gas leak or suicide bomber when you need one.

Actually that would just make him *more* famous.

John
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[DangerRoo 0]

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Plan to watch it or if you will be at work, record it?

no, because :
-I don't have a TV
-I don't really care
-I have other things to do

yep... all the above for me too

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[wildcard451 0]

Wait? Michael Jackson died? When?

[LisaH 0]

I registered for the lottery of tickets to go to the memorial. Didn't get them.

Yes; I'll be watching it. And that doesn't make me a fool.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[NWFlyer 2]

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No. Instead, I'll be going to a memorial service for someone who actually knew my name.

Yeah, what she said.

I have never understood public mourning for celebrities of any stripe. Sure, if someone whose work I admire dies, I'll say "oh, that's sad, he/she won't be producing any more movies/books/music." But the "sadness" I feel will be nothing even close to grief and my reaction will not be mourning. I reserve that for people who are actually part of my life and with whom I actually interact (e.g., friends and family).

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[warpedskydiver 0]

FUCK NO.

[LisaH 0]

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No. Instead, I'll be going to a memorial service for someone who actually knew my name.

Yeah, what she said.

I have never understood public mourning for celebrities of any stripe. Sure, if someone whose work I admire dies, I'll say "oh, that's sad, he/she won't be producing any more movies/books/music." But the "sadness" I feel will be nothing even close to grief and my reaction will not be mourning. I reserve that for people who are actually part of my life and with whom I actually interact (e.g., friends and family).

I'm attending 3 memorials for friends and a family member next week. Two from AIDS, one from Cancer. They knew my name.
That doesn't mean I can't spread the compassion to someone I didn't know personally. He still made an impact.

My heart goes out to his kids. It's not about the celebrity thing.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[AggieDave 6]

I'm not going to watch something that glorifies a pedophile! Its too bad that now that he's dead he's being treated as a saint. Think what this does to his previous victims.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Superman32 0]

I've tried to care, I really have, but no, can't really squeeze anything more than an iota of interest -- and that was spent with "oh, he died?"

Inveniam Viam aut Faciam
I'm back biatches!

[chiquita24 0]

I don't know if I'll watch the whole thing, but I will probably have it on. I think I'm the only one besides LisaH who is going to watch.
Besides the fact that he may (or may not) have been a pedophile, his music and dancing was amazing

[NWFlyer 2]

Just got this message, sent to all employees of my company. Company identifying details removed. It says something that they actually needed to send this out ...

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A Message from [Name Removed], Chief Information Security Officer

Viewing the Michael Jackson Memorial Service:
An Important Message About Network Availability and [Company]’s Electronic Asset Usage Policy

Many news and entertainment sites will be live-streaming the memorial service for Michael Jackson tomorrow. This notice is to remind you that the use of [company] computers and other devices is strictly for [core business] and other critical business-related purposes. Viewing live, streaming video can cause unnecessary strain on the [company] network and affect the performance and availability of critical [core business] applications.

We are asking employees to refrain from watching the memorial event on your [company] computers. Each of us has a responsibility to protect [company] assets to ensure that our network remains accessible for business operations.

[Company]’s Electronic Asset Usage Policy also states that employees are responsible for using [Company]electronic media and computing systems/devices only for authorized activities or purposes related to their job functions.

Thank you for your cooperation so we can all ensure our systems are available to support our [core customers].

(Ironically I'm posting this from work).

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[raftman 12]

NEWS FLASH:

Michael Jackson is still dead!





That is all.

[kkeenan 14]

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... it makes me worried for our collective sanity. ...if I was watching I'd probably have to yell at the TV.

I could not care less about it.

It does crack me up to read about someone "concerned about our collective sanity", who will be yelling at their TV.

I guess sanity is a relative term.

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[SivaGanesha 2]

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No. Instead, I'll be going to a memorial service for someone who actually knew my name.

Yes, I understand this.

Ken didn't know my name either and yet I seriously considered attending his funeral. In the end I've decided to leave the 'skydiving contingent', so to speak, at his funeral to those who actually jumped with him, and to honor his life by getting back to the DZ this weekend and making the best jumps I possibly can. But it was not an easy decision.

Sometimes a funeral represents the passing of an era that we need to honor even though we didn't know the deceased. For many people now in their forties, they grew up with Michael Jackson and so it marks the end of a part of their youth. They are choosing to remember Michael Jackson at his best and are choosing not to focus on the somewhat strange path he went down in his later years.

"It's hard to have fun at 4-way unless your whole team gets down to the ground safely to do it again!"--Northern California Skydiving League re USPA Safety Day, March 8, 2014