Why no public viewing?
Bee Bee
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In case Michael is dead, do you think it was right of the Jacksons to have a closed casket?
Would you have felt it your duty to show Michael to the world one last time, so they could say goodbye and grasp what happened, or would you have wanted to protect his "privacy", not letting the world see, meaning the fans and even other people close to Michael who didn't get to attend the private ceremony as well.
I have to say, at first I didn't see any reason or excuse for a closed casket. I felt and I basically still feel completely punked when I think about the way Michael's supposed death was handled. I know, they have a right to privacy, and if they wanted to protect Michael, that's wonderful. But it's still bugging me. Because, first of all, we're talking about the Jacksons. Quite a few of those family members don't miss a chance when it comes to publicity, they didn't think it was wrong to use Michael's death for their own publicity in various ways and even dragged Michael's children into the limelight. They didn't care about his rights as a child to even have a childhood, let alone privacy, being rushed from show to show to the recording studio and around the world. If they decided to have a closed casket out of decency and respect for Michael, I just don't think it fits them. And I know that sounds hard, but I mean it.
As a fan and someone who loves and cares about Michael from a distance, I felt completely left out and disrespected. If they had the decency to care about Michael's privacy, when he's DEAD, they forgot the rest of the world, the ones who cared for him who were left completely blind, with a million questions in their heads, for God's sake, we didn't even get to see him. Instead we got to see crappy, sentimental performances, were those of any help whatsoever? We got to see Michael's beautiful children, even got to see Paris, who didn't even cry a TEAR on that stage, and we were left with the uttermost confusion. Well, I was.
If Michael is dead, I think what they did is, they took the chance to say goodbye away from me, the chance to grieve, away from anyone who feels this way. I don't know about other people, but it's Michael Jackson, the most famous person in the world, I can't just believe he's dead because they say so, I need to see it. I couldn't deal with it any other way. It all looks like a bad, bad joke to me. You have paparazzi photos of celebs in underwear, where is one photo or anything of Michael, except for that crappy ambulance pic? We have nothing. And I just can't believe it. UCLA, nothing coming from them, no eyewitnesses speaking out, no photos, no nothing. It's much harder than that to protect the privacy of MICHAEL JACKSON. I just feel there would be more... if he's dead. Which brings us back to why I'm here. But the topic was... if he's dead, do you think it was right to have a closed casket?
I know this all sounds rather melodramatic, and I apologize, I was in a rather bad mood, but I'll be better soon.
Would you have felt it your duty to show Michael to the world one last time, so they could say goodbye and grasp what happened, or would you have wanted to protect his "privacy", not letting the world see, meaning the fans and even other people close to Michael who didn't get to attend the private ceremony as well.
I have to say, at first I didn't see any reason or excuse for a closed casket. I felt and I basically still feel completely punked when I think about the way Michael's supposed death was handled. I know, they have a right to privacy, and if they wanted to protect Michael, that's wonderful. But it's still bugging me. Because, first of all, we're talking about the Jacksons. Quite a few of those family members don't miss a chance when it comes to publicity, they didn't think it was wrong to use Michael's death for their own publicity in various ways and even dragged Michael's children into the limelight. They didn't care about his rights as a child to even have a childhood, let alone privacy, being rushed from show to show to the recording studio and around the world. If they decided to have a closed casket out of decency and respect for Michael, I just don't think it fits them. And I know that sounds hard, but I mean it.
As a fan and someone who loves and cares about Michael from a distance, I felt completely left out and disrespected. If they had the decency to care about Michael's privacy, when he's DEAD, they forgot the rest of the world, the ones who cared for him who were left completely blind, with a million questions in their heads, for God's sake, we didn't even get to see him. Instead we got to see crappy, sentimental performances, were those of any help whatsoever? We got to see Michael's beautiful children, even got to see Paris, who didn't even cry a TEAR on that stage, and we were left with the uttermost confusion. Well, I was.
If Michael is dead, I think what they did is, they took the chance to say goodbye away from me, the chance to grieve, away from anyone who feels this way. I don't know about other people, but it's Michael Jackson, the most famous person in the world, I can't just believe he's dead because they say so, I need to see it. I couldn't deal with it any other way. It all looks like a bad, bad joke to me. You have paparazzi photos of celebs in underwear, where is one photo or anything of Michael, except for that crappy ambulance pic? We have nothing. And I just can't believe it. UCLA, nothing coming from them, no eyewitnesses speaking out, no photos, no nothing. It's much harder than that to protect the privacy of MICHAEL JACKSON. I just feel there would be more... if he's dead. Which brings us back to why I'm here. But the topic was... if he's dead, do you think it was right to have a closed casket?
I know this all sounds rather melodramatic, and I apologize, I was in a rather bad mood, but I'll be better soon.
Comments
No matter who dies, the family always has the right to have a close casket, even if the person who died is a celebrity with a large fan base. Being a fan of someone doesn't mean the family of your idol owes you anything, nor that you're entitled to anything. I find it quite disrespectful that fans demand seeing the dead body of their idol.
In case he would indeed have died on 06/25/2009 - they gave you a memorial, and that in my opinion is exactly what fans are 'entitled' to.
I'm sending you positive energy, and hope you will feel better soon...
For me it is more like "I will believe MJ is dead when I see it" and in my opinion, me seeing him for that last time would DEFINITLEY given me closure, and I would still have that closure instead of being on this investigative website for the past 15 months, and i have been here from day one (without any breaks btw)
So........could kinda look at the close casket issue from different ways u know?
I am not mad at the Jacksons because when I think of how Big a celebrity MJ was/is......well ....MJ deserves his privacy. I just keep saying to myself MJ deserves his privacy. <!-- s:( -->:(<!-- s:( --> But it still does not give that CLOSURE that sooooo many of us are seeking.
I'll say!
When anyone asks me to summarize my thoughts about MJ and the death hoax, I say the following: "No Body, No Arrest, No Death." Period.
And, not only did KF do the make-up but she did the make-up for over SIX hours. She just couldn't make that face look enough like MJ's -- but she tried, bless her heart. <!-- s
L.O.V.E. (Love, Observe, Verify, Evolve.)
Take care everyone!
I agree with Mo 100%...Michale or the fam do not owe us anything...imo
Agreed As Well
Here's how I found out that no one ans I mean "NO" one viewed his "body" there's this man I know who knew Mike since he was 9 years old and the family for over 40 years...me and my friend was visiting him after we got home from Joe Jackson's bday party in Chicago last year, well to make a long story short I asked him did he attend the family viewing he said no then I brought up what Toy said about Paris having to wrap a necklace around his (Mike) wrist and he told us that there wasn't a private viewing...now of course I'm like <!-- s:shock: -->:shock:<!-- s:shock: --> because there were reports that little PP and B along with members of the fam had a private family hour at forest lawn before the memorial but he just kept shaking his head saying "nope" there wasn't any open casket...." AT ALL!" Me and my friend just set there like <!-- s:shock: -->:shock:<!-- s:shock: --> <!-- s:o -->:o<!-- s:o --> because what he said was massive and totally blew out the water what Toy told Baba Wawa and what the media was reporting.
Now on the subject of if there should have been a public viewing, well this is how I see it....every since his "death" they have been public as far as constantly going to the media every time you turn the channel, from Larry King to Baba Wawa and the list goes on every time you look up their talking to someone and they say that they wanted to make his funereal a very private affair with only a small gathering of close family and friends but tell me since when did Marsha A. Clark become a close friend and don't even get me started with the funereal that you can pull up on "YOUTUBE" Yea....that's real personal. <!-- s
The first part is really interesting, and I agree 100% with the second one. <!-- s:) -->:)<!-- s:) -->
LOL... for real! <!-- s;) -->;)<!-- s;) -->