Let MJ go, he's not coming back

 

Michael Jackson (MJ), Anna Nicole Smith and Elvis Presley. What do all these people have in common? They’re dead, and no one wants to let them be that way. If you haven’t noticed, Americans have a knack for building up hype over people once they’ve died.

I think we take it too far, especially recently with the King of Pop. It’s been four months, and I’ve seen more tributes and memorials to the man than the number of bad “Thriller” remakes on YouTube.

 Between the exposé on the last people to see him alive, to the recent release of the film “This Is It,” the media is beating Michael Jackson’s death to, well, death, and frankly, it’s disrespectful, not only to the one who has passed, but also to their family and friends.

Imagine losing someone close to you. Would you want to hear strangers bringing them up in casual conversation, or find a different show about their life or death on every flippin’ channel?

Of course not, so what makes you think it’s okay to do that to Michael Jackson or any of the other previously mentioned celebrities.

Thankfully, Anna Nicole’s daughter was too young to be able to remember the remarks made about her deceased mother.

You know what else gets me? The media only seems to want people to remember the celebrities who are better known for their infamy than whatever made them famous in the first place.

Think of some of the big names that have passed away this year; Billy Mays, Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Swayze,  and Ed McMahon.

Have you heard anything about these people since their passing? I haven’t, everyone’s been to dang busy focusing on Michael Jackson, and it’s not fair.

Some of the unmentioned dead did way better things with their lives than MJ ever thought of doing, yet somehow we focus on the man who hung his own child over a balcony.

If we as a nation are going to  remember someone, shouldn’t it at least be someone who’s more famous than infamous?

All in all, America’s tendency to overkill on memorials is getting pretty annoying. So, I’m going to say this once, let the dead die; you’ll be doing yourselves, and the deceased, a huge favor.