Michael Jacksons Arabian Nights
By: More articles by SteveSommers

Michael Jackson is now set to take up residence in Dubai according to the Tabloids. Hes had his picture taken several times with a fan of his in that country this fan happens to be part of the royal family a prince I believe and has been encouraging Michael to move in. I couldnt say why the prince wants Michael to live there so badly. Jackson used to be an excellent musician and entertainer at one time many years ago but he hasnt come out with any new music that anyone wanted to listen to for years.

My guess The prince is in fact a big fan and dropped a line to Michael and told him that if Michael came over to Dubai he could sleep with as many young boys as he wanted to and nobody would arrest him or even bother him about it because thats what all the grown men in that part of the world do. It wasnt for nothing that Sir Richard Burton labeled it the sotadatic (sodomy) zone. Sure Sir Richard wrote more than a hundred and fifty years ago but it probably still holds true.

I followed the Michael Jackson trial with reenactments on the E channel and thought it was pretty riveting television. Our trial system the adversarial system automatically includes a lot of drama which is why there are so many lawyer shows on TV. We Americans like contests like this which is what a trial is. Most trials of course arent anywhere close to this one. The vast majority of defendents in criminal cases dont happen to be multimillionaires so they dont get to put on these extravagant defenses with trials that last for months with witness lists in the hundreds.

They have lawyers appointed for them by the court and they go to prison.

However they probably should go to prison. Seventy five percent of people serving time right now plea bargained their cases which means that they not only admitted what they did but they agreed to serve the time that theyre serving. Perry Mason was probably the only defense attorney who had the luxury of only defending innocent clients. The rest have to wrestle with this moral quagmire of trying to prevent justice for bad people they know should be punished. They can take comfort I suppose in the fact that they are doing their constitutional part in providing everyone with the best defense but there have to be times that they regret being as good as they are at their job.

Michael Jackson I believe got away with his crimes. Despite his Not Guilty verdict he sure wasnt very innocent and some of the jury were clear that they thought this too but that they couldnt in good concience convict him of this particular crime. The same probably went with the juries for O.J. and Robert Blake. Both were found Not Guilty but it wasnt a slam dunk in either case. Ill bet some jurists in those cases are having some sleepless nights still.

The hell of it is for Michael Jackson that if he were born in a different time and a different place his actions would have branded him as a solid citizen and not a pervert (I mean alleged pervert). Three thousand years ago (or so) in Athens it was thought to be the absolute civilized ideal for an older man to take a younger man under his wing and educate him in the ways of the world acting as a mentor to his protege. And then boofoo him.

I remember reading Platos Republic and coming across that. In the book Socrates and his gang of philosophers were out in the market square bantering about before they got down to some serious philosophizing. One of the subphilosopher teases Socrates that he knows how Socrates gets around a young handsome lad. Ho ho! Wink. Wink.

It comes down to this thing called age of consent. When is a person considered a grownup In ancient times the answer was that it better be as soon as possible. In Jesuss time a man was expected to be married when he was fourteen; In America we wont let a fourteen year old cook a hamburger much less reproduce. But it was different then because for most of human history a fourteen year old was a middleaged person. So they better start breeding and keep breeding because otherwise there wouldnt be people.

It took six live births to guarantee that two people would live to replace their parents meaning youd better start early and keep going. We are all here right now because for most of human history fourteen year olds did it.

But of course this is the twenty first century and nobody under eighteen should be even thinking about that stuff. When they turn eighteen then they can think about marriage. Period. Thats all. Although Im not exactly sure why exactly weve put the ages down for whats acceptable. In America you can drive at sixteen vote and go to war at eighteen drink at twenty one and become president at thirty five. Doesnt this seem just a tad bit arbitrary Why shouldnt it be President at sixteen drink at eighteen vote and go to war at twenty one and then drive at thirtyfive It sure would be a more interesting country if we did that.

In Europe people do drink at sixteen then receive their drivers licenses when theyre eighteen. It seems more sensible to me somehow that you learn the social responsibilities involved with alcohol before youre able to get behind the wheel of a car. People should be taught how to
drink with adult supervision first.

Okay. I got away from Michael Jackson and I promise I wont do that again. The most important thing about him that has not been getting the coverage that it deserves is that his music sucks. It didnt always. In his time he came up with some great tunes but I havent heard anything that I remotely liked at all since his Thriller album. And I just hate listening to his voice because its so nasal since he chopped up most of his nose. Ive heard that he never stopped writing songs and could have other artists release some of this unheard music now that hes in the clear being associated with him might not quite be career suicide.

The key to this Michael Jackson business I believe is revealed in his video for the song Thriller. In the video a young and relatively normal appearing African American Michael Jackson with only a modest nose job is leaving a movie with his date an attractive African American woman. (A playboy centerfold in real life). Michael looks pretty hip 80s hip and is dressed in a red leather outfit. The two of them leave the movie theater go to his house and are about to start snuggling when Michael shyly stops her and tells her that he is: Not like other guys. Then he turns into a monster chases her away and goes out into the street and dances with other monsters.

The way to interpet this video is symbolically and I would have to believe that it was all subconcious on Michaels part. He didnt want us to know this on purpose. This is my interpetation
only and is merely speculation I dont h