08 November, 2011

Sickening

I think most people will have been disgusted by the scenes outside a California courtroom, where people were whooping with joy that Michael Jackson's personal doctor, Conrad Murray, had been found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of the singer.

Why the frenzied scenes? Several said that they were glad that 'justice had been done' but this is wide of the mark. Dr. Murray has been convicted of a crime which carries a maximum sentence of four years in prison, and these folk are not outside every courtroom in America celebrating the imprisonment of criminals.

Jackson was a drug addict, with all the grubby associations that holds. Most addicts can't afford to have a doctor present when they shoot up (the chief accusation against Murray was that he administered the drug and then left the room).

These people are fans of Michael Jackson who know he had feet of clay and that it is they who made him like that. They wish Conrad Murray had been found guilty of murder. It would have taken something off their consciences.

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