On this day in 2005, music megastar Michael Jackson was found not guilty on all charges, after being accused of molesting and serving alcohol to thirteen-year-old Gavin Arvizo. Jackson continued to deny the claims against him throughout the very public four-month-long trial in California.
See, now what I was worried about was that it was too close to his death to be bringing up bad memories like this, and that we should all remember the good things about Michael Jackson. To be honest, I had actually forgotten all about this until I read it.
What is actually even more interesting is that at the time, in 2005, I can remember thinking that Michael Jackson was creepy and that there was some song that we used to sing to make fun of him (which I can't remember now so that's probably a good thing) but I never actually knew what made MJ so creepy. I never actually knew this story. And now reading it is weird because it made me think how we, as human beings, really do take a lot of things for granted and we really do shape our thoughts and values a lot on what other people say.
It's so very ironic that this was the story that I chose to read about because at this point in time I am currently mass studying for a communication exam, and I know that a lot of who were are, our identities and our perceptions, are shaped and defined through others, whether it be through their influence or actually in how we see our selves differing to them.
Even though I now know what Michael Jackson was accused of, I'm not going to think any less of him. I'll still think of him in the same way but I'll just have that little extra bit of information in my head that will help me help others make sense of certain things.
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