Farrah Fawcett died today, and Michael Jackson in the hosptial :(

Of what? Which case?

I was referring to the 11-year-old Jordy Chandler case in 1993, in which he paid the family an estimated $20million, in an out-of-court settlement. A pay-off of $20million is not the same as being found not-guilty. Do you mean there has been more cases since then? In which one was he found not-guilty? Just for the record.

Rock

It's still uninformed speculation to say he was guilty. And I don't know about you, but no amount of money would be enough to buy me if someone molested my child. I would want his blood, and not rest until I bathed in it. This tilts my own speculation in favour of them being money grabbers, and him being innocent.

We can speculate, can't we, about these things.

Unfortunately,some "parents" would sell their child for a lot less.


On the other side,if I were truly innocent. I would certainly not pay anyone off.

It's still uninformed speculation to say he was guilty. And I don't know about you, but no amount of money would be enough to buy me if someone molested my child. I would want his blood, and not rest until I bathed in it. This tilts my own speculation in favour of them being money grabbers, and him being innocent.

We can speculate, can't we, about these things.

Hadn't the family tried the same thing before anyway, to someone else?

Regardless, I don't quite understand how any parent would opt to make a buck off their child's pain like that. Whether real or fabricated.

Serious? Would you tolerate them picketing a funeral of your son or daughter?

What am I going to do? Pull a gun on them? Take an ax handle to them? Hire goons to rough them up?

What am I going to do? Pull a gun on them? Take an ax handle to them? Hire goons to rough them up?

OMG people take your petty differences to im's please, for the love of all that is human

If you dislike Michael you have that right, heck you even have the right to express that hate, but omg what is with all the back and forth petty arguments?

I so totally did not expect this thread to take the turn it did, and if I had known, or even had a slight thought it might, I would never had started it

It was started to share in the loss of a very nice woman, and the possible loss of a pop rock icon, which it seems has gotten lost in all the bickering back and forth. (at the time it was started, michael was still in the hospital as far as I knew)

I loved watching Farrah on the angels, she was my idol when I was younger, and I will miss seeing her smiling face, always so happy, and always so bright

I remember seeing Michael when he was just a little kid, coming out of his shell, and becoming very very famous and dealing with all the public crap that goes with it, I never envied him

Now he is gone too, and will be missed by many, and most likely just as many will be glad to see him gone, and that is their choice

I just wish people would stop and look at the crap they are posting to each other...

just stop posting if all you want to do is poke the stick at someone else
it only takes one to stop it, but two to keep the fight going... who will be the bigger person and just .... stop?


I hope to god, that the family of Farrah and Michael never see this thread, or the petty comments that have gone back and forth...(and being we never know who uses SL, and who actually comes to these forums... there is a chance they may have seen, or may see the comments made here, and how a thread meant for memories and sharing, became a thread of mudslinging)

No matter how bad someone is, or how good, someone somewhere loves them and will be greatly hurt by their passing, my heart goes out to the friends and families of both of these individuals

Of what? Which case?

I was referring to the 11-year-old Jordy Chandler case in 1993, in which he paid the family an estimated $20million, in an out-of-court settlement. A pay-off of $20million is not the same as being found not-guilty. Do you mean there has been more cases since then? In which one was he found not-guilty? Just for the record.

Rock

Actually, I'm probably not the best person to answer that. I'd do all of those things and more if they picketed a funeral or any memorial for that matter, of anyone I was close to, and I had any of those things to hand. Not trying to sound like all hardcore here, but that would just be too much for me not to react. And in my book, they would deserve everything they got.

Nobody should have the right to spit venom with immunity. Or rather, they shouldn't expect to. It's provocation in my eyes. There is really no need for it. I could forgive someone who didn't know better, like a child. But an adult who makes an educated choice to go out of their way and upset someone has no 'right' to not be accountable for the reaction they inspire - especially a predictible reaction, like someone taking offence.

Then you probably have a long career in government service or some other criminal enterprise ahead of you.

Then you probably have a long career in government service or some other criminal enterprise ahead of you.

Ishina,if you start a mafia. I'll so join. I can break knee caps and cage people with the best of them.

Regardless, I don't quite understand how any parent would opt to make a buck off their child's pain like that. Whether real or fabricated.

THAT SOUNDS COOL

Is Michael Jackson dead?

Are they sure it's not like the Elvis hoax back in '77?

I think her death effects me more than MJ in that I always admired her and wore that same hairstyle, have on in SL to..

Same here as I grew up during the years when Farrah was in "Charlie's Angels" and her hairstyle was *THE* one to have. (Trivia fact - she appeared in only one season of "Charlie's Angels", then was replaced by Cheryl Ladd). Her famous pose wearing the slightly wet red swimsuit was on many a young lad's walls in the day and at the time was considered slightly risque.

Coming from a home where my father was a domestic abuser during the time when things like that were swept under the carpet and there were no battered wives shelters, women had few rights (pre-women's lib), if a woman was married, all financial records were generally in the husband's name, and my mother spent many nights sleeping with me with the car keys clutched in her hands, I so admired her work in "The Burning Bed."

After watching the documentary and what she went through in her cancer treatment, my heart went out to her; thus my decision to personally honor her during this year's RFL. I will continue wearing my "Farrah's Story" bracelet through the end of Relay this year.