Re: Michael Jackson bust

"Jos Flachs" <'wcruise'@ksc15.th.com> wrote in message
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> On 26 Nov 2003 04:41:07 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob
> Crowley) wrote:
>
> >The difference between Michael Jackson and any other alleged
> >paedophile, or a past American President and any other alleged
> >adulterer, or a former (now deceased) cricketer and any other gambling
> >"fixer", or a movie star with weight problems and any other overweight
> >person, is that they are public figures.  For every public figure
> >arrested or criticised on such counts, there are probably hundreds of
> >private individuals who are not publicly berated.
> Nevertheless, since they are public figures they have to bear the
> responsibility of their actions. They want to be in the spot lights,
> and have all the benefits? Then they pay the price.

They may not be publically berated but ask a few of your friends to let
their children sleep with you for a few nights and see what happens to you
in private.
They'd handcuff you and toss you in the back of a squad car rather than lete
you surrender with your attorney.

> >It is a moot point whether the public figure should be so treated,
> >although I suppose if they gain the benefit of sympathetic media and
> >marketing in more favourable times, then they are at the risk of the
> >opposite happening in due course.
>
> >IN the case of the church, I believe God (I'm a Christian obviously)
> >wants His church back in one piece.
> Pretty weak god you worship. They (obviously you forgot to mention you
> worship at least 3 deities) created the universe, didn't they? A minor
> miracle would suffice...
>
> >Between the thousands of
> >differing Protestant sects who cannot agree despite having the same
> >Bible by the same Holy Spirit, poltical chicanery by the Orthodox
> >churches in Russia and the Balkans, the alleged infallibility of the
> >Magisterium, the banning of the pill by the Catholic Church (I believe
> >in fact it was God's gift), and now the coverups of paedophilia by
> >Catholic church officials, there is not much hope.
> There is, but very little. That one day people will merely laught at
> all these shamans.
>
> >No wonder He is allowing the Moslems to challenge the West.  I think
> >He's had enough and is going to jettison the current status quo and
> Aids is a divine curse, right?

You'd think if he is allowing Islam to challenge the West he would allow a
few charismatic people to get christianity back under one roof.

But it's nice to see that you don't believe in free will.