![]() ![]() It is young, but it is not too young to have her opinions considered. Speaking a few words at the memorial of her recently deceased father makes her a public figure? If so, then society is much more messed up than her family is.Įleven years old is old enough that you have to think carefully before you simply forbid her from speaking at her father's memorial service if she is determined to do so. I wonder how many people will mount the argument that since she has made herself a public figure she has surrendered her right to privacy. If that was contrived, then shame on the family. And nobody said that "making her father seem" human was the agenda. But as far as I know, this was the first time that the public has really seen any of them. Really? Of course, everyone was aware that Michael Jackson had three young children. I do not know that Paris Jackson wanted to speak, which is why I said, "I think that she wanted to speak." That was just the impression that I got, and given PJ's recollection of losing his or her father, I don't think it is completely out of line.ĭouble wow. To the contrary, I wonder how many people will mount the argument that since she has made herself a public figure she has surrendered her right to privacy. I guess we're just going to have to agree to disagree, but I don't really see how Paris' best interests were served by being put in the eye of that particular media story. Um, so you weren't aware that Jackson had three children before Paris did her turn? As I said, perhaps making her father "seem human" shouldn't have been the priority the dignity and well-being of a bereaved child should have been paramount. Nothing he did in life ever made Michael Jackson seem as human as the words his daughter spoke today. It reminded us that, while we lost an entertainer and controversial figure, there are a few people who lost a family member. We just hope she wasn't coerced or pressured into it, because that would be too fraked up for words.Īnd in the big picture, I think it was necessary. ![]() Omagus: With all due respect, you don't know that any more than Alan or I do. However, I don't blame the family at all because I think that she wanted to speak. ![]()
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