Michael Jackson

Den voldsomme oppmerksomheten rundt Michael Jacksons død er i ferd med å legge seg, men det er underlig å merke at denne mannen som bare for noen få år siden ble regnet av mange som en pedofil barnemishandler, plutselig nå er et fantastisk menneske som er offer for omstendighetene rundt ham. Det som virker mest sikkert er at han ikke var et lykkelig menneske.

En jødisk rabbi hadde en samtale med Jackson nylig. Her er det han forteller:

I will never forget what he said when we sat down to record 40 hours of conversations where he would finally reveal himself for a book I authored. He turned to me and said these haunting words: "I am going to say something I have never said before and this is the truth. I have no reason to lie to you and God knows I am telling the truth. I think all my success and fame, and I have wanted it, I have wanted it because I wanted to be loved. That's all. That's the real truth. I wanted people to love me, truly love me, because I never really felt loved. I said I know I have an ability. Maybe if I sharpened my craft, maybe people will love me more. I just wanted to be loved because I think it is very important to be loved and to tell people that you love them and to look in their eyes and say it."

Hvil i fred.