I’m no fan of Jacko, but IIRC, he was tried and acquitted of those charges. Have you some information the rest of us don’t?

“he was in fact a pederast by definition.”

and your source for this certain knowledge is…???

sanity regained.

the inside dope on all this, as you seem to – but I do know that his accusers had their day in court, and I have that much faith in our legal justice system.

but the origin of a word is not the definition of the word.

Last time: MJ was acquitted of the charges against him, which may have included pederasty. He was not charged with being a “lover of boys.”

I love my son…does that make me a pederast?

you stated ?he was in fact a pederast by definition.? You’re obviously basing that on…your opinion. Maybe you need to go back to M-W, skip the etymology part, and review the definition – words have meanings.

But it seems that, for you, anything goes…? Unfounded accusations, assumptions of guilt…all fine? These are your American values?

Innocent until proven guilty – just a cute phrase to be applied only when it suits you…?

Feh.

really – I do. Don’t get me wrong. MJ was about as weird as it gets, anywhere, anytime.

I think it’s important, for the sake of our credibility, to pay attention to how and what we say. If your opinion is that he was a child-molester, say so, Say why – but when one asserts that he WAS one – that crosses the line into asserting mere opinion as fact.

That’s not how I roll; I try not to assert things that aren’t sourced, and I encourage you to likewise pay attention to your communication, to hold it as an important tool, a thing of value.

that was just a pedantic aside, regarding etymology v. definitions – no true comparison intended.

granted, the burden of proof, or whatever it’s called, to show libel or slander for a public figure is elevated, but I’m pretty sure you couldn’t make any assertion about a public figure with impunity.

would be more accurately described as “disagreeing with $peciallist.”

Guilty as charged.

please show me where I “accused you of libel.”

but, at the same time, perhaps you might consider toning down your amusingly patronizing, yet wrong, comments?

My second question, which he answered, was why there was no publicity about computer kiddy-porn found at the ranch. The response I got from him was to “go look it up.” Then came my response that I did not make the assertion – about the porn.

Am I going slowly enough for you, now?

I’m here for news and views, not, mostly, to comment, as (clearly, eh?) I’ve not so much to add. But this issue moved me to make a statement, and since then I’ve been responding to my, largely respectful, interlocutors.

I “attacked” someone here? A front-pager? Please say where – I wasn’t aware of, or intending to, “attack” anyone, at all.

As for being an “apologist for a pederast,” there you go again – which pederast was that…?

Just in case you, or anyone here, gets the idea that I’m an “apologist” for child molestation – I’d advise you to steer clear of me and, especially, my three children – you wouldn’t want to have that discussion with me face-to-face.

the statement was “I?m pretty certain, personally, that OJ murdered two people. That?s my considered opinion.”

here was the statement to which I responded:

“My contacts in law enforcement that specialize in kiddie porn and stalking say that computers at Neverland were full of child porn.”

I asked for a source. I also stated that there was nothing in public about that. I looked, and found nothing, before I wrote that. I might be wrong. I welcome any links; always glad to gain knowledge and understanding.

Extraordinary claims require, at least, some proof…wouldn’t you agree? With the amount of attention that case had, don’t you think that if there had been child porn found on the computers, it would be public knowledge?

Now, as to your smarmy question about whether you’re going slow enough for me, I’d like to point out that interrogatives are followed, in written English, by question marks. Also, I’d like to alert you to the fact that you wrote “their” when you probably meant “there.” Fix that stuff, add a few commas, and then you’ll be going slow enough for me. Fair enough, wise guy?

sense of humor, Vaughn Harold? I was just funnin’.

If you thought that was a “personal attack…” just wow.