Reply #6: Does that same sympathy go for poor George W. Bush?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Should we try to "understand" his childhood as the son of a president and the terrible burdens that he had to endure? The expectations placed on him by demanding parents? The forces that shaped and warped his life and made him into the misunderstood victim of his past? His strugges to achieve success in the eyes of his parents? etc, etc, etc.

I have no idea whether MJ is guilty or innocent. But, my sympathy for him is somewhat lessened by the fact that he is an extremely wealthy individual who has done nothing for the society that has so lavishly rewarded him.

Had he been a black janitor who slept with children he would now be behind bars whether it was an innocent act or not and relegated to page 36 of the local newspaper.

All people are shaped by their childhood. Ultimately, they grow up and make choices for which they are responsible.

Last I heard both MJ and Boobya are adults.