Michael Jackson to Accept MTV Japan's Legend Award

First, a quote from the King of Pop…

"I look forward to my visit to Japan because I have so many fond memories of my visits there. I thank MTV Japan for this honor...I look forward to seeing old friends, and saying hello to my huge fan base in Japan, who, like my other fans around the world, have for so many years consistently shown their love and support to me and my family." -Michael Jackson

At first glance, there's nothing much to this quote (in my head, I like to picture Michael Jackson saying in it is high pitched voice). But then I noticed something fairly innocuous, but a little bit telling. From now until the day he dies, Michael Jackson is going to have to reference his child molestation trial whenever he goes out in public. In other words, it's the only thing that's going to be on his or anybody else's mind; so it's going to come up (even if it doesn't). Why else would the King of Pop feel the need to thank the people of Japan for "their love and support to me and my family?"

Michael Jackson was cleared of all charges, but all that means is he stayed out of jail. In the court of public opinion he's been found guilty a hundred times over. And he knows this. He spent half of his fortune trying to stay out of prison, and it worked. The price, other than a few 100 million dollars, was his banishment from the United States.

Michael Jackson will say his departure to Bahrain was a self imposed exile, but that's only true in semantics only. Jackson committed the ultimate sin (in theory); he raped the spirit of innocence, the same ideal that had fueled over four decades of hit making success. And he did this with Jesus Juice; his personal jihad on the souls of defenseless young boys.