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Angry Bird Rios
Joined: 15 Sep 2011
Location: Flinging through the air
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Michael Jackson Trial Set To Begin
By KSEE News
September 25, 2011
(NBC LA) Opening statements are scheduled to begin Tuesday after a jury of seven men and five women was selected Friday to hear the case against Michael Jackson's personal physician.
Nearly 100 prospective jurors were in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Friday to face questions from attorneys in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. The group was selected from an original pool of 145 people.
Attorneys prepared for Friday by reviewing questionnaires that were filled out by prospective jurors. They can dismiss people whose answers indicated certain biases. Information from the questionnaires was intended to help move the process along so that opening statements can begin Tuesday. |
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Ineverlie&I'malwaysri
Joined: 09 Aug 2011
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The late Father of Sexology and Johns Hopkins Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Pediatrics Dr. John Money described the phenomenon of "pedophilic genius," giving as examples Lewis Carroll (author of Alice in Wonderland) and J.M. Barrie (of Peter Pan) whose love of children inspired them to create their masterpieces which in turn have inspired many succeeding generations of children.
It is fairly clear that MiJac was both a pedophile and a genius, but does he qualify for Money's category? It would need to be established that his love of boys is what inspired his artistic creations. There is evidence in at least some of his productions, e.g. the "Black or White" video featuring 13-year-old Macaulay Culkin, and his cover song "Ben," from the movie about a boy and his pet rat, so I would have to conclude that yes, he does. |
This upcoming book may shed more light on the controversy and sounds like a compelling read:
Michael Jackson's Dangerous Liaisons
Arvizo, Barnes, Bhatti, Chandler, Culkin...The A-Z of All the King's Boys |
This book has gotten a review (and quite a glowing one, I might add) in the premier professional journal, Archives of Sexual Behavior!
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| This is an unusual book, especially for review in an academic journal. Its subject is pop icon Michael Jackson, one of the most famous, talented, and financially successful entertainers of all time�and also one of the strangest. Specifically, the book focuses on Jackson�s interest in children, and whether that interest was sexual in nature. The author, Tom O�Carroll (under the pseudonym �Carl Toms�), is himself an unapologetic pedophile, and his pedophilia has influenced both his insight into Jackson and his aspirations for the book. Thus, there are at least two reasons why a sex researcher might approach the book skeptically. First, its topic might seem more appropriate for a lurid tabloid than for a book of more than 600 pages with detailed references, including academic journals. Second, O�Carroll�s pedophilia raises the question of whether his opinions reflect insight or self-serving pedophilic bias. To those with this initial appraisal, I advise: set aside your skepticism and you may be rewarded. |
Read the full review in HTML or PDF. |
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