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We will all eventually die. Yes, this is sad, but it's a fact of life. There is no escaping. Every single person will have to pass this tunnel called "death" eventually.
In fact, we are all terminally ill. There is no such thing as a terminally ill cancer patient, because we are all terminally ill - fact. We are slowly dying each and every day. Every second that goes by is one more second towards the ultimate end. We are dying, our kids are dying. Every person in this world is dying right now, until we ultimately just encounter "death" as it is.
I'm not a celebrity worshiper by any stretch of the imagination, and yet I'm shocked. I was trying to tell my son why I'm so upset, because he shares the view of, "What's to miss?"
The truth is, that as much as anyone could be, Michael Jackson was the symbol of an era. Those of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s listening to his music and watching his videos (and those hilarious Weird Al parodies!) feel like a childhood friend has been lost. No matter what he may have done, and how weird he was in the past few years, nothing can take away from his musical legacy, and the way he dominated pop music for many years. We're mourning the loss of an era, not just a man.
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Originally Posted by neil0311
Frankly it's this display of crocodile tears by a bunch of celebrity worshipers that's a bit hard to take.
To me, he was an icon of my era ("back in the day".)
Regardless of you personal opinion of the man himself, seeing him die is really really weird. It's a reminder of our mortality; something that once was a constant is no longer there.
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I'm not a celebrity worshiper by any stretch of the imagination, and yet I'm shocked. I was trying to tell my son why I'm so upset, because he shares the view of, "What's to miss?"
The truth is, that as much as anyone could be, Michael Jackson was the symbol of an era. Those of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s listening to his music and watching his videos (and those hilarious Weird Al parodies!) feel like a childhood friend has been lost. No matter what he may have done, and how weird he was in the past few years, nothing can take away from his musical legacy, and the way he dominated pop music for many years. We're mourning the loss of an era, not just a man.
The truth is, that as much as anyone could be, Michael Jackson was the symbol of an era. Those of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s listening to his music and watching his videos (and those hilarious Weird Al parodies!) feel like a childhood friend has been lost. No matter what he may have done, and how weird he was in the past few years, nothing can take away from his musical legacy, and the way he dominated pop music for many years. We're mourning the loss of an era, not just a man.
Right exactly what I'm saying. It's closing the door on an era for me. It would be just as weird if Axl Rose died, or Tom Cruise. People from when I grew up.
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